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title: "ICT Hosts and Storage Area Network - AWARD"
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# ICT Hosts and Storage Area Network - AWARD

Buyer: WEST BERKSHIRE COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-445ef9b0-b30d-4bd1-8eb7-82529c9a2f5a

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## Summary

The public procurement process, managed by West Berkshire Council, focused on enhancing ICT infrastructure through the "ICT Hosts and Storage Area Network - AWARD" contract. This project, classified under IT services, involves providing 10 powerful server hosts and approximately 100TB of storage in a Storage Area Network. These solutions aim to optimise server delivery and storage costs. The procurement followed a selective method using a restricted procedure, with significant dates including the tender ending on 7th March 2025 and the contract running from 21st May 2025 to 20th May 2032. The award status is complete, having been awarded to Techbuyer Ltd with a contract value of £230,845. The procurement primarily operates in the UK, including British Oversea Territories and Channel Islands.

This tender provides growth opportunities particularly for businesses specialising in IT services, such as consulting, software development, and infrastructure support. Companies equipped with advanced server and storage solutions could find this contract advantageous. While it does not specifically target small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) or voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSEs), well-established businesses with expertise in deploying virtual server environments and high-performance storage arrays could have successfully competed for this opportunity, thereby expanding their reach and services in a long-term engagement with a notable local authority.

## Notice

This tender will address the following infrastructure 10 Hosts - these devices are large powerful server technologies which supply the business application servers in a virtual environment (vmWare). This allows ICT to maximise the use of these hosts CPU and Memory, giving the lowest cost per server delivery mechanism. It also allows ICT to deliver business application servers in the shortest time frames. Approx. 100TB of useable storage (Storage Array Network - SAN) - this device is a high-performance disk storage array which allows ICT to centralise the server / application storage requirements, maximising the use of the storage and giving the lowest cost per Terabyte. It also allows for additional application resilience / protection during upgrades via the use of clones (copies) and snapshots.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/bb433fb5-12ad-4a07-b654-ae07843246b3 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Restricted procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 18 Jul 2025 |
| Submission deadline | 7 Mar 2025 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 15 May 2025 |
| Contract period | 20 May 2025 - 20 May 2032 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £230,845 |
| 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 | WEST BERKSHIRE COUNCIL |
| Locality | NEWBURY |
| Post town | Reading |
| Postcode | RG14 5LD |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire |
| ITL 3 | TLJ16 Berkshire West |
| Local authority | West Berkshire |
| Electoral ward | Newbury Central |
| Westminster constituency | Newbury |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | TECHBUYER |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

## Release History

- 18 Jul 2025 at 13:37 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/bb433fb5-12ad-4a07-b654-ae07843246b3

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/bb433fb5-12ad-4a07-b654-ae07843246b3
  18th July 2025 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

## Provenance

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