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High Capacity Storage System

Scottish Government

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27 Jan 2025 at 08:39

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01 Nov 2024 at 08:39

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Summary of the contracting process

The Scottish Government, through its Marine Directorate, is procuring a high capacity storage system to support its data collection needs across various formats, primarily at locations in Aberdeen and Pitlochry. This procurement falls under the Computer Storage Units industry category, and the process is currently at the active tender stage, with the tender period scheduled to end on 2nd December 2024. The total estimated value for this procurement is £400,000, with contract activities expected to commence on 15th January 2025 and conclude on 31st March 2025. The procurement process follows an open procedure and involves the submission of electronic responses.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in high capacity storage solutions, data management, and IT infrastructure services. The scope and requirements outlined suggest that companies with expertise in technical solutions, installation, training, and ongoing support would be particularly well-suited to compete. Additionally, businesses experienced in large-scale data storage systems, including redundancy and failover protections, will find the tender highly relevant. The focus on technical competency, environmental management, and comprehensive quality assurance criteria reflects the importance of reliable and secure data solutions for government operations.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

High Capacity Storage System

Notice Description

The Scottish Ministers invites tenders for the purchase of a high capacity storage system. The Marine Directorate (MD), a directorate of the Scottish Government, as a whole collects large volumes of data on an annual basis. The data collected serves many of the directorate's needs for evidence to underpin policy development, and to meet statutory or legal requirement of Scottish Government.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The Scottish Ministers invites tenders for the purchase of a high capacity storage system. The Marine Directorate (MD), a directorate of the Scottish Government, as a whole collects large volumes of data on an annual basis. The data collected serves many of the directorate's needs for evidence to underpin policy development, and to meet statutory or legal requirement of Scottish Government. Some data are managed within dedicated databases, but a substantial amount of the data does not lend itself well to being stored in databases. Data in larger volume formats such as video, images, and acoustic files are stored within a scale-out storage system based at the Aberdeen and Pitlochry sites. This high capacity storage provides protection through site to site replication, as well as disk failover protection that safeguards the investment made in the collection of data. A new storage system was installed in 2022, delivering increased capacity, bringing the total usable disk space to 430 TB across the directorate (Dell Isilon system). This replaced previous storage technologies that had reached capacity, and introduces ransomware protection to the system as well.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04b31f
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/002643-2025
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

30 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages

48 - Software package and information systems

CPV Codes

30233100 - Computer storage units

48800000 - Information systems and servers

48810000 - Information systems

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£400,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£353,697 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
27 Jan 20251 years ago
Submission Deadline
2 Dec 2024Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
9 Jan 20251 years ago
Contract Period
15 Jan 2025 - 31 Mar 2025 1-6 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Scottish Government
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
ABERDEEN
Postcode
AB11 9DB
Postcode Area
Aberdeen
Country
Scotland
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM5 North Eastern Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM50 Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire
Delivery Location
TLM50 Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire
Local Authority
Aberdeen City
Electoral Ward
Torry/Ferryhill
Westminster Constituency
Aberdeen South

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Computacenter (UK) Limited

Further Information

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