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ICT Hosts and Storage Area Network - AWARD

WEST BERKSHIRE COUNCIL

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18 Jul 2025 at 13:37

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Summary of the contracting process

The public procurement process, managed by West Berkshire Council, focused on enhancing ICT infrastructure through the "ICT Hosts and Storage Area Network - AWARD" contract. This project, classified under IT services, involves providing 10 powerful server hosts and approximately 100TB of storage in a Storage Area Network. These solutions aim to optimise server delivery and storage costs. The procurement followed a selective method using a restricted procedure, with significant dates including the tender ending on 7th March 2025 and the contract running from 21st May 2025 to 20th May 2032. The award status is complete, having been awarded to Techbuyer Ltd with a contract value of £230,845. The procurement primarily operates in the UK, including British Oversea Territories and Channel Islands.

This tender provides growth opportunities particularly for businesses specialising in IT services, such as consulting, software development, and infrastructure support. Companies equipped with advanced server and storage solutions could find this contract advantageous. While it does not specifically target small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) or voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSEs), well-established businesses with expertise in deploying virtual server environments and high-performance storage arrays could have successfully competed for this opportunity, thereby expanding their reach and services in a long-term engagement with a notable local authority.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

ICT Hosts and Storage Area Network - AWARD

Notice Description

This tender will address the following infrastructure 10 Hosts - these devices are large powerful server technologies which supply the business application servers in a virtual environment (vmWare). This allows ICT to maximise the use of these hosts CPU and Memory, giving the lowest cost per server delivery mechanism. It also allows ICT to deliver business application servers in the shortest time frames. Approx. 100TB of useable storage (Storage Array Network - SAN) - this device is a high-performance disk storage array which allows ICT to centralise the server / application storage requirements, maximising the use of the storage and giving the lowest cost per Terabyte. It also allows for additional application resilience / protection during upgrades via the use of clones (copies) and snapshots.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
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Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/bb433fb5-12ad-4a07-b654-ae07843246b3
Current Stage
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All Stages
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Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Restricted procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

CPV Codes

72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£230,845 £100K-£500K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
18 Jul 20257 months ago
Submission Deadline
7 Mar 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
15 May 20259 months ago
Contract Period
20 May 2025 - 20 May 2032 Over 5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
WEST BERKSHIRE COUNCIL
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
NEWBURY
Postcode
RG14 5LD
Post Town
Reading
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLJ South East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLJ16 Berkshire West
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
West Berkshire
Electoral Ward
Newbury Central
Westminster Constituency
Newbury

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

TECHBUYER

Further Information

Notice Documents

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