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Virtual Environment Infrastructure

Royal Hospital Chelsea

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

21 May 2026 at 09:08

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Tender

19 Dec 2025 at 15:26

UK4 - Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Royal Hospital Chelsea has completed a procurement process titled "Virtual Environment Infrastructure", with the objective to upgrade or change its current VMWare-based virtual environment, spanning 27 servers. The tender, awarded to SOFTCAT PLC, involves services related to information technology, focusing on security, management, and alternative scalable solutions. The procurement was conducted as an open, competitive flexible procedure in the service category, with the award notice dated 21st May 2026. The awarded contract is scheduled to commence on 26th May 2026 and conclude on 25th May 2029, including options for renewal for two additional years on an annual basis.

This tender presents significant business opportunities, especially for SMEs in the IT services industry, by providing a platform to deliver comprehensive IT solutions that include infrastructure analysis, solution presentations, hardware provisioning, and staff training for non-VMWare options. With the Royal Hospital Chelsea's requirements for scalability and robust support, companies adept in innovative IT solutions such as alternative virtual environments will find this tender conducive to business growth, fostering long-term engagement and expertise demonstration in cutting-edge technologies.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Virtual Environment Infrastructure

Notice Description

The Royal Hospital Chelsea is looking to upgrade/change the current virtual environment. The current virtual environment is hosted on a VMWare platform by 3 Host (cluster), hosting a total of 27 servers and two Non-federated SAN. Though we are happy with VMWare as a solution, constant changes on price for licenses and difficult access to support has made us want to look for alternative solutions, like Nutanix, that can provide scalability, easy management, great security, fault tolerance, good analytics across the environment. We are requesting from the supplier to provide the Royal Hospital Chelsea with a quote for VMWare, Nutanix and another alternative solution. For comparison, pros and cons.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-05faac
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/046762-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

CPV Codes

72222300 - Information technology services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£166,732 £100K-£500K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
21 May 20263 months ago
Submission Deadline
16 Feb 2026Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
22 Apr 20264 months ago
Contract Period
26 May 2026 - 25 May 2029 3-4 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Royal Hospital Chelsea
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SW3 4SR
Postcode Area
South West London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI33 Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham
Delivery Location
TLI London
Local Authority
Kensington and Chelsea
Electoral Ward
Royal Hospital
Westminster Constituency
Chelsea and Fulham

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

SOFTCAT PLC

Further Information

Notice Documents

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