Award

Provision of Servers for Sussex Data Centres

JOINT PROCUREMENT SERVICE FOR SURREY AND SUSSEX POLICE

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Award

18 Dec 2023 at 11:08

Award Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Joint Procurement Service for Surrey and Sussex Police has awarded a contract for the provision of servers for Sussex Data Centres. The contract, valued at 417,298.94 GBP, was awarded to Softcat PLC. The procurement stage was an award, with the tender period ending on 20th November 2023. The contract period is from 21st November 2023 to 22nd November 2023. The opportunity falls under the industry category of goods and is located in the South East region of the United Kingdom.

This tender presents opportunities for businesses in the technology sector, particularly those providing server solutions and services. Companies involved in network servers, computer servers, and file servers are well-suited to compete for this contract. The buying organisation, Joint Procurement Service for Surrey and Sussex Police, is seeking suppliers to enhance their data centre capabilities in Lewes and Brighton. Businesses looking to supply server equipment and related services can leverage this contract to grow their business in the public sector market.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Provision of Servers for Sussex Data Centres

Notice Description

Sussex Police and Surrey Police (SSP) operate the VMware vSphere hypervisor platform (version 7.0), currently using UCS blades as ESXi nodes. NetApp storage, attached via a mix of Cisco MDS fibre channel switches and NFS, provides the back-end storage, and a Cisco LAN using Nexus 7706 core switches and Nexus 2K fabric extenders as ToR switches. The Nexus 7706 supports 10GbE ports, and the Cisco MDS FC switches supports 32Gbps or lower (32Gbps being preferred for UCS uplinks). Both sites are utilising UCS 6454 fabric interconnects. SSP are currently looking to procure additional servicers for our Lewes and Brighton Data Centres.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
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Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/fc88994d-0f9a-4fc9-9acc-48f70058dce5
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Other -
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

48 - Software package and information systems

CPV Codes

48820000 - Servers

48821000 - Network servers

48822000 - Computer servers

48823000 - File servers

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£417,298 £100K-£500K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
18 Dec 20232 years ago
Submission Deadline
20 Nov 2023Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
18 Dec 20232 years ago
Contract Period
18 Dec 2023 - 17 Dec 2026 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
JOINT PROCUREMENT SERVICE FOR SURREY AND SUSSEX POLICE
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LEWES
Postcode
BN7 2FZ
Post Town
Brighton
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLJ South East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLJ22 East Sussex CC
Delivery Location
TLJ South East (England)
Local Authority
Lewes
Electoral Ward
Lewes Bridge
Westminster Constituency
Lewes

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

SOFTCAT

Further Information

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