Rochdale based Teqex secures its place in the £12bn public sector IT mega framework

Teqex a North West based company, based in Rochdale, which provides IT Goods, Services & Support to companies ranging from Sole traders and SMBs to large corporate organisations, Local & National government departments including Education trusts & The NHS, has announced their success in the UK Government’s £12bn public sector IT mega framework. The framework offers public sector buyers a flexible and compliant way to source all their technology product needs (hardware and software) and all associated services.

For Teqex after10 years in business it is a real accomplishment to achieve such success in this area.

Dean Mason, Managing Director of Teqex, “We already work closely with a number of public sector organisations but this makes our offer even stronger.”

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In 10 years Dean Mason has gone from working on a single desk in Heywood to supplying 10 Downing Street.

Today Teqex employs 12 people, has grown turnover to £3.5m and boasts an impressive list of blue chip clients.

Dean came up with the idea for Teqex while working for three of the UK’s biggest IT retailers.

“I had an understanding of the industry so I could see what they could do better, especially in the public sector,” he said.

“Around 80 per cent of our business is the public sector and we’ve worked with the likes of the NHS, Probation Service, Passport Office, Home Office, Ministry of Justice and Food Standards Agency.

“With the big IT retailers you get an account number but they don’t know you as a person. We do IT sales and service support but with us you have several dedicated account managers. It sounds like a cliché but we think of our customers as friends rather than clients.

“We go out of our way. We won’t hesitate to jump in a van and deliver something ourselves if it’s an urgent requirement. We’ve done that for several NHS Trusts, especially during the pandemic.”

Teqex are partners with many of the leading electronic manufacturers and distributors including Lenovo, HP, Brother and Dell.

It’s all a far cry from when Mason launched Teqex in 2013 from one desk in Heywood.

“The first profit we made was £333 and I have the framed statement on a wall downstairs,” he joked. “We didn’t employ anyone else for three years.”

The big breakthrough came when Teqex got included on four government frameworks, allowing them to bid for government contracts.

That was how they came to be supplying 10 Downing Street.

“We can deliver everything from a USB cable to a printer cartridge all the way up to servers and WiFi deployments,” said the CEO.

Teqex works across the UK but has remained close to their Rochdale roots.

Rochdale customers include MID Communications and Crown Oil while the company owns its own office in Crown Business Park.

“The majority of our staff are from Rochdale and we have a really good relationship with Rochdale Development Agency,” said Mason. “They do a lot for us and there’s a really good business community here.”

Teqex’s success is all the more remarkable because it’s been completely bootstrapped with zero investment.

In the last 12 months they’ve increased the number of orders they handled from 5,000 orders to 8,000.

The ambition is to grow to 15 staff and £5m turnover in the next 12 months.

Mason said: “There’s still a lot more to do. In my head I’ve got this figure of £10m turnover. We don’t want investors. We’re enjoying the ride.

“We’ve had approaches from people wanting to buy us out but I’ve turned them down.”

Another Framework Award Received For Teqex!

The Countess of Chester Hospital | Commercial Procurement Services has announced Teqex Ltd as an approved supplier on the National Framework for the provision of Refurbished Electronic Devices & Repair Services, opening up numerous public sector opportunities for ourselves now that over 50,000 Public Sector organisations can now use Teqex for the above services.

The Countess of Chester Hospitals are working with other public sector departments and aims to provide a market leading commercial solution for refurbished technology products and related services.

The resulting contract will drive value, benefits and savings for the public sector and support customers through digital transformation.

It is designed to drive down costs by allowing public sector bodies to purchase standardised services from approved suppliers, rather than having to sign up to a variety of contracts with differing terms and conditions.

The aim of the proposed framework is to provide a sustainable and cost-effective method to extend the life cycle of mobile electronic devices. By using mobile electronic devices for longer there will be a reduction in the environmental impact from the decrease in the quantity of devices created and disposed of each year.

Managing Director Dean Mason said: “We are extremely pleased to be selected on another of the UK Government’s latest public sector framework. We are looking forward to the new opportunities presented via our already strong & growing relationship with the UK Public Sector and to further expand our presence within this vital part of the UK economy.”

Teqex Ltd provides a wide range of services on the above framework including:

— laptops,

— desktops,

— screens and other related peripherals.

— mobile phones,

— tablets and related hardware,

And finally the repair of electronic devices, where we will be authorised to carry out diagnoses and repair of mobile electronic devices.

For more information please contact Teqex Ltd on 0161 250 5000

Teqex Ltd Awarded Place on Government Framework!

The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has announced Teqex Ltd as an approved supplier on the RM6147 Technology Online Purchasing Content Framework, opening up numerous public sector opportunities.

CCS working with other departments and partner public buying organisations, aims to provide a market leading commercial solution for commodity technology products and related services.

The resulting contract will drive value, benefits and savings for the public sector and support customers through digital transformation.

It is designed to drive down costs by allowing public sector bodies to purchase standardised services from approved suppliers, rather than having to sign up to a variety of contracts with differing terms and conditions.

Managing Director Dean Mason said: “We are extremely pleased to be selected on the UK Government’s latest public sector framework. We are looking forward to the new opportunities presented via our already strong & growing relationship with the UK Public Sector and to further expand our presence within this vital part of the UK economy.”

Teqex Ltd provides a wide range of services on the RM6147 framework including:

— laptops,

— desktops,

— screens and other related peripherals.

— servers,

— switches,

— routers,

— cables and other related infrastructure hardware,

— mobile phones,

— tablets and related hardware,

For more information please contact Teqex Ltd on 0161 250 5000