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UK SBS PR17148 CEPH Storage Servers for Physics Data Processing at the RAL Tier-1

UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED

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15 Jun 2018 at 15:40

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Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process for the "CEPH Storage Servers for Physics Data Processing at the RAL Tier-1" was conducted by UK Shared Business Services Limited. This tender, classified under the goods category with the CPV code of 48822000 (Computer servers), falls under the award stage after being completed successfully. The procurement method employed was selective, through a call-off from a framework agreement. Key dates include a contract period running from 16 January 2018 to 15 January 2021, and the tender period concluded on 6 December 2017, with a minimum value set at £716,000 and a total value of £1,057,000. The services are based in the South East region of England.

This contract provides excellent opportunities for businesses specialising in computer server solutions, particularly those capable of offering affordable commodity storage products suitable for large scale data processing projects like GridPP. Enterprises that are innovative, agile, and experienced in the IT and storage solutions sector, especially small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), would be particularly well-suited to compete for similar future tenders in this space, leveraging their expertise to meet the high standards required by UK Shared Business Services Limited.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

UK SBS PR17148 CEPH Storage Servers for Physics Data Processing at the RAL Tier-1

Notice Description

AWARDED FOLLOWING A CALL OFF COMPETITION UNDER THE SERVERS, STORAGE & SOLUTIONS NATIONAL AGREEMENT (SSSNA) Lot 3B (2016/S 061-103632) The STFC Scientific Computing Department provides a national computing facility (The Tier-1 Service) at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) for the UK particle physics GRID computing project GridPP (http://www.gridpp.ac.uk). The Tier-1 has a large installation of PC Linux storage servers hosting approximately 15PB of physics data, using mainly SATA disks arrays. STFC seeked an affordable commodity storage solution to augment the existing storage provision and meet the needs of the GridPP project. A detailed specification is provided below.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-76afa153-782f-47a6-a089-188188c14bfb
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/dcf05859-2627-4a06-b430-235a22076d83
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
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Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Call-off from a framework agreement
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

48 - Software package and information systems

CPV Codes

48822000 - Computer servers

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£1,057,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£776,387 £500K-£1M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
15 Jun 20187 years ago
Submission Deadline
6 Dec 2017Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
3 Jan 20188 years ago
Contract Period
16 Jan 2018 - 15 Jan 2021 3-4 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
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
SWINDON
Postcode
SN2 1FF
Post Town
Swindon
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLK South West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLK71 Swindon
Delivery Location
TLJ South East (England)
Local Authority
Swindon
Electoral Ward
Rodbourne Cheney
Westminster Constituency
Swindon North

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
2
Supplier Names

CLUSTERVISION

XMA

Further Information

Notice Documents

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