Notice Information
Notice Title
Ordnance Survey HQ Virtualisation Platform
Notice Description
This requirement is for hypervisor software used to manage Ordnance Survey's (OS) on-premise virtualised server and VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure). This is used to support the majority of services that are hosted at OS HQ and interfaces into some services hosted in the Cloud.
Lot Information
Lot 1
This requirement is for hypervisor software used to manage Ordnance Survey's (OS) on-premise virtualised server and VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure). This is used to support the majority of services that are hosted at OS HQ and interfaces into some services hosted in the Cloud.
Procurement Information
Call-off from an existing framework
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05d690
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/069503-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
48 - Software package and information systems
-
- CPV Codes
48200000 - Networking, Internet and intranet software package
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £430,000 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 29 Oct 20253 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 29 Oct 20253 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
- ORDNANCE SURVEY
- Contact Name
- Alex Oakley
- Contact Email
- alex.oakley@os.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- SOUTHAMPTON
- Postcode
- SO16 0AS
- Post Town
- Southampton
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ36 Central Hampshire
- Delivery Location
- TLJ32 Southampton
-
- Local Authority
- Test Valley
- Electoral Ward
- Chilworth, Nursling & Rownhams
- Westminster Constituency
- Romsey and Southampton North
Further Information
Notice URLs
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