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Hyper Convergence Infrastructure, Back Up, and Disaster Recovery Solution

COMPETITION AND MARKETS AUTHORITY

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08 Apr 2019 at 11:10

Summary of the contracting process

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has completed a procurement process for a Hyper Convergence Infrastructure, Back Up, and Disaster Recovery Solution valued at £238,695. This tender falls under the Network Infrastructure category and is part of a strategy to optimise and centralise IT resources during the organisation's relocation from Holborn to Canary Wharf in 2019. The procurement method utilised was a selective process, with the tender period ending on 29 November 2018, and the contract effective from 18 December 2018 until 17 December 2022.

This tender offers a unique opportunity for businesses specialising in IT infrastructure and cloud solutions to grow and expand their market reach, particularly those that can provide modern, hybrid cloud management strategies. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) may find this contract particularly attainable, as the procurement specifications reflect a need for innovative solutions that align with the CMA's future-facing IT strategy, demonstrating a willingness to engage with agile and resource-efficient players in the market.

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Notice Title

Hyper Convergence Infrastructure, Back Up, and Disaster Recovery Solution

Notice Description

The CMA has embarked on an ambitious cloud first transformation strategy with a need to restructure and review the existing storage, compute and backup infrastructure in time of an office relocation from Holborn to Canary Wharf in 2019, reducing physical infrastructure from two datacentres into one. This strategy seeks to reduce our physical hardware overall associated costs and resources required to run two data centres. The current infrastructure platform has organically grown over the years, a result of a merger between the Competition Commission and the Office for Fair Trading in April 2014, the datacentre infrastructure was never designed for cloud scale and requires new technology to follow best practices and deliver application performance and availability across a modernised hybrid infrastructure. At the time that his merger took place the HCI solution was not widely known or available as an option for the CMA IT department to pursue. CMA has also moved applications to Microsoft's Public Cloud, Azure, which requires an improved data management strategy, for both production and backup data. We are seeking an HCI hardware solution that provides value for money in the long term and aligns with the CMA's ICT strategic aims to ensure our IT systems are secure, future facing and provide the best customer experience for our staff. We are also seeking a back up and DR orchestration solution that best meets the needs of an organisation of our size and type, taking into account our hybrid cloud strategy.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
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Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/bb68573d-3bfc-4089-8aa5-1aa80e420c76
Current Stage
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All Stages
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Procurement Classification

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

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

32 - Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment


CPV Codes

32424000 - Network infrastructure

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£238,695 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£238,695 £100K-£500K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
8 Apr 20196 years ago
Submission Deadline
29 Nov 2018Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
17 Dec 20187 years ago
Contract Period
18 Dec 2018 - 17 Dec 2022 4-5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
COMPETITION AND MARKETS AUTHORITY
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
WC1B 4AD
Post Town
Central London
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI36 Camden
Delivery Location
TLI London

Local Authority
Camden
Electoral Ward
Bloomsbury
Westminster Constituency
Holborn and St Pancras

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

SOFTCAT

Further Information

Notice Documents

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