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Provision of UCS Blade System for Brighton and Guildford Data Centers

JOINT PROCUREMENT SERVICE FOR SURREY AND SUSSEX POLICE

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28 Feb 2023 at 14:10

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Summary of the contracting process

The Joint Procurement Service for Surrey and Sussex Police has awarded a contract for the provision of UCS Blade System for Brighton and Guildford Data Centers. The procurement falls under the goods category with a total contract value of £565,207.74. The tender process concluded with an award to Softcat PLC on 28th February 2023. The tender period ended on 30th January 2023, and the contract period is scheduled to start on 31st January 2023 and end on 1st February 2023.

This tender presents opportunities for businesses involved in supplying computer servers and related components. Companies catering to data center infrastructure solutions and server hardware providers would find this tender well-suited for their expertise. The successful bidder, Softcat PLC, will have the opportunity to provide UCS Blade Systems to upgrade the ESXi compute capacity for the two data centers in Brighton and Guildford.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Provision of UCS Blade System for Brighton and Guildford Data Centers

Notice Description

Sussex Police and Surrey Police operate the VMware vSphere hypervisor platform (version 7.0), currently using a mix of HPE C-class blade enclosures and HPE ProLiant Gen9 servers 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). The storage and LAN/SAN switches are relatively new and not in need of replacement. However, the C-class enclosures and Proliants have reached the end of their supported life, and we have a requirement for additional ESXi compute capacity to allow for future projects requiring virtual machines. As the C-class enclosure is a deprecated platform, it is not a viable option to purchase additional HPE ProLiant blades. The system is to be installed in APC AR3100 server cabinets (600mm w x 1070mm d), with APC AP8853 dual-fed power strips. All components MUST be compatible with this rack configuration. Two adjacent racks are available; it is assumed that one will be used for initial deployment and the second rack reserved for future expansion.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
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Publication Source
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Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/efe7ba1e-4407-489d-88c1-143a4f36567c
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

48822000 - Computer servers

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£565,207 £500K-£1M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
28 Feb 20232 years ago
Submission Deadline
30 Jan 2023Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
28 Feb 20232 years ago
Contract Period
27 Feb 2023 - 26 Feb 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
Not specified
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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