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VM WARE HOST REPLACEMENT

TORBAY & SOUTHERN DEVON HEALTH & CARE N H S TRUST

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21 Apr 2023 at 09:40

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Summary of the contracting process

The Torbay & Southern Devon Health & Care NHS Trust has awarded a contract for the replacement of VMWare hosts. The procurement process, initiated as a tender, was completed with a contract value of £602,537.20 GBP. The contract period runs from 1st April 2023 to 31st March 2028. The Health Trust, located in Torquay, England, employed a selective procurement method, specifically calling off from a framework agreement.

This tender presents opportunities for businesses in the goods sector, specifically those providing network servers. Companies with expertise in delivering converged server platforms with specific hardware specifications as outlined in the tender description would be well-suited to compete for this contract. If your business can meet the technical requirements laid out by the buyer, Torbay & Southern Devon Health & Care NHS Trust, it could be a suitable opportunity to expand your market presence in the industry category of network servers.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

VM WARE HOST REPLACEMENT

Notice Description

Primary Requirements: Datacentre hosts a) A converged server platform (e.g. blade servers in a chassis) with shared IO fabrics that contain East/West server network traffic. The platform will be deployed equally between our two Datacentres in an active-active configuration. The platform must be listed on the VMware Compatibility Guide as being supported by VMware ESXi 8.0+. b) The shared server chassis should provide the following: * Fabric domain scalability to allow up to 10 separate chassis in the same datacentre to contain east-west traffic. * An integrated management console supporting all servers in the chassis with unified lifecycle management. * Smart services for I/O aggregation and network automation. * End to end Brocade support supporting native 32Gb fibre channel connectivity. * Disaggregated components for simple upgrade capability. c) The servers should provide the following: * Capability to support 4 socket architecture. * Support for RESTful API with Redfish * Support 6 NVME drives per socket. * Contain two boot devices in a RAID 1 (mirrored) configuration, preferably M.2 devices that are suitable to boot VMware ESXi 8.0+ * Cyber-Resilient Architecture : Servers to deliver an immutable silicon-based chain of trust and combines it with comprehensive management tools to provide robust layers of security across hardware and firmware. * Signed firmware updates using SHA-256 hashing with 2048-bit RSA encryption for signature for all key server components * System Lockdown to prevent unauthorized configuration or firmware changes to a server when using vendor tools. * System erase to, with proper authentication, securely and quickly erase data form local storage (HDD/SSD/NVMe) and embedded flash devices. d) The following network connectivity will be required on all converged server platforms in the primary datacentres and should be provided on separate IO fabrics shared between the servers. * 32Gbps fibre channel connectivity to our shared storage platform. * 40Gbps Ethernet connectivity to our Datacentre network. * 1/10Gbps copper Ethernet connectivity to our DMZ network. e) The converged solution must meet or exceed the following hardware specifications: * 952 total CPU cores (476 per datacentre) OR LESS * 19TB RAM (9.5TB per datacentre) OR MORE DR host f) In addition to the specifications above, we also require a single rack mount host with the following specifications: * 28 16 CPU cores * 384GB RAM * 1/10Gbps copper Ethernet connectivity * No fibre-channel connectivity * 2.2TB SSD storage.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-81f431b7-0f58-43c6-867c-77744929acee
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/ee0aa165-1332-443b-9cde-595ed7972139
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

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
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

48 - Software package and information systems

CPV Codes

48821000 - Network servers

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£602,537 £500K-£1M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£602,537 £500K-£1M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
21 Apr 20232 years ago
Submission Deadline
2 Feb 2023Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
14 Feb 20233 years ago
Contract Period
31 Mar 2023 - 31 Mar 2028 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
TORBAY & SOUTHERN DEVON HEALTH & CARE N H S TRUST
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
TORQUAY
Postcode
TQ2 7AN
Post Town
Torquay
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLK South West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLK4 Devon
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLK42 Torbay
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Torbay
Electoral Ward
Tormohun
Westminster Constituency
Torbay

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

PHOENIX SOFTWARE

Further Information

Notice Documents

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