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title: "QU122 - Birmingham Adult Education Services - Servers Storage Backup - AWARD"
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# QU122 - Birmingham Adult Education Services - Servers Storage Backup - AWARD

Buyer: BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-043c9d2b-eb33-4e3e-a450-24ca6c083d2d

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## Summary

The procurement process for the Birmingham Adult Education Services (BAES) focused on providing on-premise server storage backup solutions, titled "QU122 - Birmingham Adult Education Services - Servers Storage Backup - AWARD". The buying organisation, Birmingham City Council, initiated this tender process which was classified under the industry category of 'Servers' (CPV code: 48820000). The tender was awarded on 26th June 2018, with the contract period running from 1st July 2018 to 30th June 2019. Interested bidders were required to submit their completed documentation via the in-tend system by noon on 21st June 2018, ensuring engagement through the specified correspondence function.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses in the server and information technology sectors, particularly those who can offer robust solutions for on-premise virtualisation and network servers, while ensuring reliability and availability. Companies specialising in server provision, network infrastructure, and related software development services would be well-positioned to compete. With BAES requiring a comprehensive solution across multiple sites with stringent connectivity needs, suppliers that can demonstrate experience with automatic failover systems and redundant pathways will have an edge in securing similar contracts in the future.

## Notice

Birmingham Adult Education Services (BAES) is moving all services where possible to an on premise solution. The scope of the tender is to provide the on premise solution. Hypervisor options can be proposed and should be costed accordingly per site. Microsoft licensing is outside scope of this project. There are 10 sites in total connected via a 1GB link to the main production site. Connectivity to network should be 1GB or 10G SFP+. With centralised virtualisation comes the need to ensure reliability and availability, even in the event of hardware failure or during periods of maintenance, updates. The BAES network infrastructure already includes features to provide automatic failover and multiple redundant/load balanced paths, and any server/storage/virtualised system would be expected to provide similar levels of assurance. Registration and use of in-tend is free. All correspondence for this procurement process must be via the in-tend correspondence function. If you are unable to register with in-tend please either email us at cps@birmingham.gov.uk or call 0121 464 8000. If you are interested in tendering please click on the following link to access the Council's tender Portal:-. https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/ and submit your details to register as a bidder. We will send you a log on and password so you can download the quotation document. Your completed quotation documentation should be returned by noon on 21st June 2018 via the 'in-tend' system https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d5db57c1-a05b-40d6-b924-177e9ef88130 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 1 Jul 2018 |
| Submission deadline | 21 Jun 2018 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 25 Jun 2018 |
| Contract period | 30 Jun 2018 - 30 Jun 2019 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL |
| Locality | WEST MIDLANDS |
| Post town | Birmingham |
| Postcode | B4 7DJ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands |
| ITL 3 | TLG31 Birmingham |
| Local authority | Birmingham |
| Electoral ward | Newtown |
| Westminster constituency | Birmingham Ladywood |
| Delivery location | TLG West Midlands (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | MERIDIAN IT |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems
- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

### Codes

- 48222000 - Web server software package
- 48800000 - Information systems and servers
- 48820000 - Servers
- 48821000 - Network servers
- 48822000 - Computer servers
- 48823000 - File servers
- 48825000 - Web servers
- 72212222 - Web server software development services

## Release History

- 1 Jul 2018 at 15:47 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d5db57c1-a05b-40d6-b924-177e9ef88130

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d5db57c1-a05b-40d6-b924-177e9ef88130
  1st July 2018 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

## Notice URLs

- https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc
- https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/

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