Sigh.
They are a huge UK listed supplier covering hardware, services etc. £5bn sales, market cap nudging £3bn.
The £40m will cover a lot other than the hardware. Yes, they can arrive in a box in a single warehouse for £100 a piece, but by the time they have been batched up and likely configured, then delivered, the £200 each sounds about right. People doing stuff costs money.
The spec though? Just stupid on first appearance as the bare minimum. Having said that, given who and how these will be used they are likely only assuming a year of life each, so will replace with whatever they get for that momey each year.
Before people go boo boo tories. 99.9% of the people involved in this are nothing to do with the government - it will be civil servants and consultants, most of which i'd wager put an X next to Mr Corbyn last election.
Congratualtions on shoe-horning the founder of Computacentre being a tory donor in there. Both of the founders gave most of the proceeds of selling the business to charity. Not enough space to mention that? They also likely made donations to Labour too, as most big companies do.