Notice Information
Notice Title
Mainframe Support Services
Notice Description
Support service for existing IBM mainframes and associated operating systems and the overall environment. The requirement includes a technical knowledge transfer before the end of September, on-going support, 24x7 support and ad hoc work such as completing an enterprise storage refresh, carrying out a planned upgrade to the z/VM mainframe and other works.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Support service for existing IBM mainframes and associated operating systems and the overall environment. The requirement includes a technical knowledge transfer before the end of September, on-going support, 24x7 support and ad hoc work such as completing an enterprise storage refresh, carrying out a planned upgrade to the z/VM mainframe and other works.
Procurement Information
The primary driver behind the urgency to put the support service in place is the premature and unforeseen departure of key technical resources within Met Office that will effectively leave existing IBM mainframes without support and expose the Met Office to significant operational risk. For the z/OS mainframe this would mean a stop to the critical services/products issued from the Product and Commercial suites where currently the key technical resources are needed to manually generate products on a daily basis for systems and internal/external customers. For the z/VM mainframe the impact would be on important internal systems and services such as WAVE/Ripple, Decoupler, the Cloud Transfer Service (CTS), as well as other services. An immediate urgent need is for knowledge transfer from the current support resource who is scheduled to leave in early October 2024 and the selected provider. If Met Office is unable to proceed this opportunity will be lost and critical technical knowledge will be lost to the Met Office and the 3rd party support provider. The Met Office undertook market discussions with a number of providers and concluded that the market for supporting the full scope of Met Office requirements for this support service is niche. Only the selected provider was able to evidence a sufficient depth of technical knowledge, experience and resource capacity to fully meet the Met Office requirements in the timescales needed.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-048ac3
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/025768-2024
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
50 - Repair and maintenance services
-
- CPV Codes
50000000 - Repair and maintenance services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £416,075 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 14 Aug 20241 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 13 Aug 20241 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- MET OFFICE
- Contact Name
- David Golledge
- Contact Email
- david.golledge@metoffice.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- EXETER
- Postcode
- EX1 3PB
- Post Town
- Exeter
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLK South West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLK4 Devon
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLK43 Devon CC
- Delivery Location
- TLK South West (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Exeter
- Electoral Ward
- Pinhoe
- Westminster Constituency
- Exmouth and Exeter East
Further Information
Notice URLs
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