Notice Information
Notice Title
002352 - Sunderland Datacentre Rental and Power
Notice Description
As part of the Durham County Council ICT Business Continuity Planning, we require renewal of rental of rack space and supply of power to the racks in Sunderland City Council's Moorside datacentre. This is a continuation of existing services we utilise from them, with this being embedded in our current BCP.
Procurement Information
Due to embedded Business Continuity Planning within the organisation around ICT backup, it is not practical or feasible to change suppliers at this stage. Additional or repeat goods or services is the most suitable option for this direct award request, however, extreme and unavoidable urgency could also apply to this, as not continuing with the incumbent supplier and beginning a new procurement exercise at this stage in the existing contract would mean that there would be no data backup support and the organisation's ICT BCP would be void.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-051272
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/060092-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Direct
- Procurement Method Details
- Direct award
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
-
- CPV Codes
72120000 - Hardware disaster-recovery consultancy services
72130000 - Computer-site planning consultancy services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £270,000 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- £270,000 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 26 Sep 20254 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 12 May 20259 months ago
- Contract Period
- 7 Oct 2025 - 1 Jun 2028 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DURHAM COUNTY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- corporate.procurement@durham.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- DURHAM
- Postcode
- DH1 5WB
- Post Town
- Durham
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLC North East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLC41 Durham
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- County Durham
- Electoral Ward
- Framwellgate and Newton Hall
- Westminster Constituency
- City of Durham
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/060092-2025
26th September 2025 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/060081-2025
26th September 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021008-2025
13th May 2025 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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