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The NHS Shared Business Services has announced Teqex Ltd as an approved supplier on the Design, Furniture and Appliances 2 Framework (SBS10246) with Lot 5.2a: White Goods – Domestic.
The Design, Furniture and Appliance 2 framework agreement has been developed to facilitate a quick, simple, and compliant route to market for design solutions and the purchase of furniture and appliances. It has been aligned to NHS net zero carbon commitments and to serve the wider public sectors. Its primary objective is to support the NHS and the wider public sector in lowering their carbon output to achieve a carbon net zero by 2040 through the procurement of low-energy products.
The framework agreement also drives cost savings through fixed pricing for core items. It supports sustainability outcomes through waste reduction by focusing on reuse, repair, and hire options, and the inclusion of recyclable packaging. It introduces the ability to flexibly hire products, which is an excellent option for organisations that need to scale their operations up and down quickly.
Overall, the Design, Furniture and Appliance 2 framework agreement is an exciting development that supports the NHS and the wider public sector in achieving their sustainability goals. It is a quick, simple and compliant route to market that offers cost savings, increased sustainability, and flexible options. We are excited to bring this offer to all of our customers within the NHS and wider Public Sector.
Lot 5.2a: White Goods – Domestic: In Lot 5.2a, Teqex Ltd specialises in providing domestic white goods, which include essential appliances such as refrigerators, washing machines, dishwashers, and other household appliances. These are crucial components of healthcare facilities and administrative offices, ensuring smooth operations and enhancing the quality of services provided. By offering a range of energy-efficient and sustainable options within this Lot, Teqex Ltd contributes to the NHS and public sector’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions and promote environmental stewardship.
In conclusion, the Design, Furniture and Appliance 2 Framework, particularly Lot 5.2a: White Goods – Domestic, presents an opportunity for healthcare organisations and public sector entities to procure essential appliances while advancing their sustainability agendas. Teqex Ltd is proud to be part of this initiative and looks forward to serving its customers with high-quality, environmentally friendly solutions.
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.”
This success by Teqex shows the stratospheric success which Rochdale is enjoying as a hub for technology and innovation.
Atom Valley spans 17 million sq ft of flexible employment space which will house AMPI Advanced Machinery & Productivity Institute is positioning the area as a mega cluster for technology and innovation.
As part of Rochdale Development Agency’s 30th birthday celebrations we’re speaking to some of the region’s businesses that are also celebrating landmark anniversaries.
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.”
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
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
National Highways has announced Teqex Ltdas an approved supplier on the National Framework for the provision of ICT Goods and/or Services over 4 Lots,
Lot 3 – This Lot is focused on the provisioning of IT Architectural Services to deliver specific aspects of Customer’s IT business transformation, projects, programmes, or to provide support in the development and delivery of technical solutions.
Lot 14 – Provide workplace hardware (including any manufacturer’s warranty or maintenance included with the product) covering all physical components of office operations that the Customer’s internal users rely on to complete their day-to-day tasks.
Lot 15 – This lot provides workplace hardware (including any manufacturer’s warranty or maintenance included with the product) covering all physical components of operations that the Customer’s internal users rely on to complete their day-to-day tasks.
Lot 16 – This Lot is for the provision of Infrastructure and Platforms Goods and/or Services to enable the Customer to deploy communication services, networking, data processing and storage, platforms through which businesses can share content and media, knowledge management, systems, applications, IoT, user devices and resilience.
To enable the Customer to manage the lifecycle of all assets (e.g. fixed, technology, portable) utilised by the Customer in support of the Strategic Roads Network
The resulting contract will drive value, benefits and savings for the organisation and support customers through digital transformation.
National Highways says it is aiming to build a technology architecture modern and flexible to allow it to quickly create new services or improve the existing ones through re-use of existing services, cutting technical debt to improve operational technology upkeep and “strengthening our in-house architecture function, to provide expert support and build the long-term view of our IT and Operational Technology estates.”
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.”
For more information please contact Teqex Ltd on 0161 250 5000
Teqex’s 2nd annual Emerald Ball took place at the Hilton Hotel Manchester over the weekend, raising much needed funds for Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital.The brainchild of entrepreneur Dean Mason, the event was set up with the help of his team in the hopes of raising thousands of pounds for the hospital through a grand prize auction and raffle during the evening.
Last year, the event raised £7,000 for the cause. This year, the amount raised more than tripled, reaching a staggering £21,720.
Attendees included Coronation Street’s Katie McGlynn, Kym Marsh, Antony Cotton, Ryan Prescott and James Burrows as well as TV presenter Olivia Birchenough.
Guests were entertained by a host of live acts. 2014 X Factor winner Ben Haenow performed a medley of popular hits including some of his own original tracks and was a big hit, with everyone queueing up to grab a selfie with the singer.
Keeping the comedy levels up was popular Geordie performer Chris Ramsey who had guests in fits of laughter with his quick wit, whilst 2017 X Factor contestant Benji Matthews gave a sassy performance of some classic tunes along with his first debut track. Strutting around the stage, he got the whole audience involved in a singalong version of Amy Winehouse’s classic Valerie.
Kym Marsh’s daughter Emilie Cunliffe also performed for the occasion, with her stunning vocals setting off the evening’s events. Bringing the party vibes after a night full of fundraising was Girl on Sax and DJ Mark Jay.
Teqex first got involved with RMCH last year for their Many Hands fund raising campaign, getting to the final with Atlas Bar. This year they joined forces to put on the Emerald Ball together, building a great relationship with each other and the hospital too.
Host Lorna Bancroft said she was blown away by the incredible auction prizes that were donated and how generous everybody was on the evening.
“This year’s guests couldn’t have been more supportive,” said the Heart North West radio presenter.
“It was such a great atmosphere from start to finish and Dean should be really proud of himself! The Hilton is always a fantastic venue for these events and The Atlas Bar smashed it with the welcome drinks and afterparty. You can’t beat a variety of G&T!”
“From start to finish the entertainment was simply perfect and the guests had a thoroughly fabulous evening,” said Lorna. “Emilie Cunliffe, the beautiful daughter of Kym Marsh, had the voice of an angel. And Josh Hindle really got the party going with his Michael Bublé style. I didn’t want his set to end.
“My favourite was probably the gorgeous Ben Haenow. He had everyone up dancing and singing and was great fun. Chris Ramsey had a hard task ahead as everyone was super giddy by the time he came out, but he totally dominated the room with a hilarious set. I wish I could do it all again next week.”
During the evening, one very generous guest made a huge donation of £10,000 to the charity fundraiser. She took to the stage to announce that GovData were donating the money in memory of Jake, a child who lost his life at a young age.
“Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital is an absolutely fantastic cause to raise money for,” Katie McGlynn told us. “I couldn’t think of a more worthy cause and I’m proud to show my support for the Emerald Ball and its charity partner.
“The event was great. We had a thoroughly enjoyable evening, albeit slightly emotional. It’s always very hard to listen to the heart-breaking stories from patients of the Children’s Hospital but it just shows how important our donations are and who they are helping to support.”
All pics Joe Hauge Photography
An ex-Equanet salesman who set up his own reseller after being made redundant has talked up the growth of his fledgling firm, despite struggling to secure credit from disties on big-ticket deals.
Dean Mason set up Teqex in 2014 after being let go when Kelway – now CDW – took over Equanet. Since then, the firm has grown quickly and is on track to smash the £1m sales barrier this year, after doubling sales in its last year. Ambitious Mason said the plan is to reach £5m sales in the company’s fifth year, and within 10 years, he wants to appear on CRN‘s Top VARs list, which ranks the top 100 resellers in the UK market.
The firm’s four employees are currently based in an office in Manchester, but Mason hopes to sign up more staff in the near future.
Mason used to specialise in NHS accounts during his time working at other resellers, such as Insight and PC World Business, and so focuses on this area in his new venture. Although getting on public sector frameworks has brought the firm success so far, it also has won deals with big corporates too.
Mason told CRN that one of the challenges of being an up-and-coming reseller is that more negotiation is required when it comes to distributor credit.
It’s challenging for some of them now because I guess there are fewer disties out there than there were – Eddie Pacey
He cited one recent large deal it signed off when he was unable to secure distributor credit, so appealed on LinkedIn for help, which worked, and the big contract was signed.
“We’re going through a quick growth stage,” he said. “The credit insurance companies the disties deal with are cautious and I understand that – I’m not knocking them for that. To ship [big deals] all in one go, we need the credit in one place – not some here and some there. It’s kind of a Catch-22 – [disties] are governed by credit insurance, but we’re going through quick growth.”
He said the issue was sorted quickly and that its key distributors have agreed to increase the company’s credit limit on a regular basis as more big sales come through.
Credit consultant Eddie Pacey sympathised with the situation in which some small resellers can find themselves when deals exceed their credit limits, but said there are ways around it.
“It’s challenging for some of them now because I guess there are fewer disties out there than there were,” he said. “It’s a common theme and it has always been around. If resellers are struggling to get the required credit from suppliers now, I would be really disappointed because there are so many ways in which a reseller can do big deals when their credit can’t take it.”
He said that separate and specific deals can be drawn up between the reseller and distie in order to satisfy the requirements of each. But he said the key to getting bespoke deals signed off is communicating early on.
“The only potential issue is that you have small resellers which don’t take the time to talk to disties early enough, or they don’t bother to open up and tell them what they want to achieve. The rule is to talk to your supplier and give them all the info they want – and yield and bend a bit. There are ways.”
Originally Posted Here: https://www.channelweb.co.uk/crn-uk/news/3000818/fledgling-var-on-the-up-despite-distie-credit-woes
He had earlier had the crowds in stitches with his stand-up routine.
Manchester City fan Jason couldn’t resist having a cheeky dig at former Manchester United player Wayne Rooney after his recent drink driving conviction after attempting to drive home “party girl” Laura Simpson in her VW Beetle in Wilmslow.Jason told the crowds how much he enjoyed being asked to perform at previous PFA footballer of the year awards – and wouldn’t mind doing it again this year too.He joked: “I tell you what I’d like to do it this year, crikey with Rooney sat there.
“Can I have a lift back?,” he quipped.
He added: “What are people doing drink driving for, I can’t even drink and walk!
Original Article Here: https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/showbiz-news/jason-manford-wayne-rooney-ball-13666565
Following the announcement of the Rochdale Wonder Wall Project last week, Rochdale AFC and Rochdale Hornets have received a fantastic response so far from volunteers and local businesses wanting to get involved.
We are delighted to announce that local businesses – IT company Green Cloud IT and Gordon Riggs Garden Centre – have both donated over £1,500 of plants and bedding soil to give the project a blooming head start!
Dean Mason, Managing Director of Green Cloud IT said: “When I saw the clubs asking for help with this project, I thought it was a great initiative. Living and owning my business locally, I thought it was a great opportunity to get involved and support it.
“As an RAFC supporter, the club are doing great things both on and off the pitch and within the local community, and this is something that we, as a business, pride ourselves on, so instantly we wanted to help and assist.
“We hope the Wonder Wall goes down well with the local community and fans of both clubs.”
John Jackson, Manager of Gordon Riggs Garden Centre added: “We are delighted to get involved in the Wonder Wall project at the Crown Oil Arena.
“We already support the Pennines In Bloom and have done so for a number of years, so it’s great to support this new and exciting project that will benefit the local community and fans of both sets of clubs.”
We are still looking for volunteers to help at our Planting Event taking place this Saturday (June 24th) from 9am.
If you would like to volunteer, please contact Frances Fielding at Rochdale AFC on Tel: 01706 753581 or Email: frances@rochdaleafc.co.uk or just turn up on the day but please remember to bring your gardening gloves and tools!
