Notice Information
Notice Title
STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND CO-LOCATION EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES
Notice Description
Coventry University Group is seeking to align with an exclusive infrastructure and technical services partner with a proven track record of delivering innovative and sustainable solutions that drive growth and create lasting value for our business. The selected partner will provide comprehensive support to enhance our digital capabilities and help achieve business goals over the next five years. The contract term will be a five plus five year total contract term. The partner will act as an extension of our digital infrastructure teams, supporting and leading the successful realisation of cutting-edge digital projects. Specifically, the partnership will focus on: * Co-design, implementation, and ongoing co-hosting of IT infrastructure, including: * Co-Location Datacentre Services. * Servers and storage solutions. * Network infrastructure (LAN, WAN, etc.). * Cloud integration and services. * Disaster recovery and business continuity planning. * Security solutions (firewalls, intrusion detection, etc.). * Infrastructure monitoring and management tools. * Proactive maintenance and support for all infrastructure components. * Technical expertise and guidance on infrastructure optimisation and future planning. * Professional services available for specific technical disciplines and domains.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Coventry University Group is seeking to align with an exclusive infrastructure and technical services partner with a proven track record of delivering innovative and sustainable solutions that drive growth and create lasting value for our business. The selected partner will provide comprehensive support to enhance our digital capabilities and help achieve business goals over the next five years.
Renewal: 5+5 contract term.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04ddd6
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/045767-2025
- 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
30210000 - Data-processing machines (hardware)
30211100 - Super computer
30233000 - Media storage and reader devices
30234000 - Storage media
48782000 - Storage management software package
48820000 - Servers
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £25,000,000 £10M-£100M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 4 Aug 20256 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 12 Mar 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 16 Jul 20257 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- COVENTRY UNIVERSITY
- Contact Name
- Thomas Hasson
- Contact Email
- ad7747@coventry.ac.uk, bux280@coventry.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 2477658021
Buyer Location
- Locality
- COVENTRY
- Postcode
- CV1 5FB
- Post Town
- Coventry
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLG West Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLG3 West Midlands
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLG33 Coventry
- Delivery Location
- TLG West Midlands (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Coventry
- Electoral Ward
- St Michael's
- Westminster Constituency
- Coventry South
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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