Award

Enterprise & Research Computing Infrastructure

UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH

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Summary of the contracting process

The University of Edinburgh has recently awarded a contract for the "Enterprise & Research Computing Infrastructure" to Dell Corporation Limited. The procurement process, initiated through a tender, focused on acquiring goods related to education. The contract, with a value of £5,675,000, was signed on 29th May 2024. The University's address is Charles Stewart House, 9-16 Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1HT, UK.

This tender for research and enterprise computing infrastructure presents business growth opportunities for suppliers of servers, storage, and solutions. Companies with expertise in converged infrastructure, hyper-converged solutions, networking, and software services are well-suited to compete. The procurement method was an open procedure, with the University of Edinburgh acting as the contracting authority for this award, creating avenues for business engagement in the education sector.

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Notice Title

Enterprise & Research Computing Infrastructure

Notice Description

Servers & storage

Lot Information

Lot 1

Research and enterprise computing infrastructure. This may include full end-to-end solutions and components for converged infrastructure, hyper-converged and hybrid solutions including servers, storage, networking and intrinsic to solution software, support, maintenance and design and deployment services. Direct Award to first ranked supplier on Lot 3, Servers, Storage and Solutions National Agreement (SSSNA) ITS4043 SU. This Direct Award will allow call off contracts to be placed under SSSNA, as required, for a period of up to 24 months. The contract value detailed in this Contract Award Notice is based on an initial 12 month anticipated spend. At the end of this initial period, should the University choose to continue to utilize this route to market for a further 12 months, a subsequent CAN will be published for that upcoming 12 month period based on estimated spend at that time.. Direct Award to first ranked supplier on Lot 3, Servers, Storage and Solutions National Agreement (SSSNA) ITS4043 SU.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000770170
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUN508021
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
PCS Notice - Website Contract Award 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

30000000 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages

48820000 - Servers

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£5,675,000 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
21 Jun 20241 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
29 May 20241 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
Contact Name
Steven Glynn
Contact Email
sglynn2@ed.ac.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
EDINBURGH
Postcode
EH1 1HT
Post Town
Edinburgh
Country
Scotland

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM1 East Central Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM13 City of Edinburgh
Delivery Location
TLM75 City of Edinburgh

Local Authority
City of Edinburgh
Electoral Ward
City Centre
Westminster Constituency
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

DELL

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