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title: "ADS Storage, Infra & Security Upgrade and SPCB Hardware Refresh"
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# ADS Storage, Infra & Security Upgrade and SPCB Hardware Refresh

Buyer: MINISTRY OF DEFENCE  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-4469e3d1-706b-4476-950d-ebe3d0b20d70

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## Summary

The Ministry of Defence is conducting a procurement process titled "ADS Storage, Infra & Security Upgrade and SPCB Hardware Refresh." This initiative falls under the computer equipment and supplies industry category, with a contract value of £2,607,700.32. The procurement method is selective, executed as a call-off from a framework agreement. The procurement stage has been marked as complete, with the contract period commencing on 14th February 2021 and extending until 31st March 2026. The tender period concluded on 3rd February 2021, and the delivery address is situated in the South East region of the United Kingdom.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses, particularly those in technology and IT services, looking to expand within the public sector. Companies that specialise in supplying computer hardware, networking equipment, and security infrastructure upgrades would be well-positioned to compete. As the contract involves upgrading critical IT systems for the Army Digital Services and the Service Police Crime Bureau, the scope for collaboration and growth in providing innovative and scalable solutions is substantial, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) capable of delivering tailored solutions in a cost-effective manner.

## Notice

BACKGROUND & REQUIREMENT Army Digital Services (ADS) supports the Army Hosting Environment (AHE) which currently hosts around 90 business applications and services for the Army and wider Defence across three security domains (Official, Official-Sensitive and SECRET). This private cloud delivers network, compute and storage capabilities. To provide a consistent environment and to minimise training/support costs, ADS have standardised on cost effective elements from Cisco (compute/networking) and PureStorage (storage). The AHE is the only accredited Defence owned Private Cloud hosting capability that is available across both the RLI and SLI networks. It provides scalable hosting capabilities and application services for Army and wider Defence. As the defence hosting strategy has evolved the aim of MODcloud has shifted from a 'build and they will come' methodology to identifying the best extant capabilities and looking to re-use and enhance. The AHE is viewed as an exemplar in this area. ADS now have a cost model to enable TLBs to 'Pay' (cost recovery) for their hosting. However, as the hosting environment shifts to this model the system needs to be able to easily scale up and out and if demand dictates scale to multiple sites. There have been 2 requirements received, which are as follows: AHE STORAGE UPDGRADE ADS currently charges customers for capacity using a cost recovery (non-profit) model. To enable timely delivery of capacity, customers are provided with capacity from non-committed AHE resources. To ensure additional capacity is available procurement is required utilising the cost recovery funding. AHE INFRASTRUCTURE AND SECURITY UPGRADES To maintain a secure AHE environment that fulfils the demand, replacing end-of-life hardware and software and increasing throughput of devices commensurate with demand, these essential infrastructure security components require replacement to ensure ADS are to a supported state and version. They will need to integrate within the existing AHE architecture and will be patched and maintained to ensure that they are under mainstream support. And a requirement for the Service Police Crime Bureau (SPCB) for the Application Support Team (AST) within SPCB is responsible for managing and maintaining all Service Police Information Systems namely the CRIMES network architecture within the Southwick Park datacentre. The CRIMES datacentre houses the Service Police's most critical IT systems and services that are vital to the continuity of Service Police capabilities and operational effectiveness worldwide. The current CRIMES system hardware is at its end of life, and out of support. Although fault resilience is built in, this is now a single point of failure.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/038eed58-7ec9-42f3-833d-b69d082d0888 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Call-off from a framework agreement |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 15 Feb 2021 |
| Submission deadline | 3 Feb 2021 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 12 Feb 2021 |
| Contract period | 14 Feb 2021 - 31 Mar 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £2,607,700 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £2,607,700 |
| 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 | MINISTRY OF DEFENCE |
| Locality | ANDOVER |
| Post town | Salisbury |
| Postcode | SP11 8HJ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
| ITL 3 | TLJ36 Central Hampshire |
| Local authority | Test Valley |
| Electoral ward | Andover Millway |
| Westminster constituency | North West Hampshire |
| Delivery location | TLJ South East (England) |

## Supplier

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

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 30200000 - Computer equipment and supplies

## Release History

- 15 Feb 2021 at 16:14 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/038eed58-7ec9-42f3-833d-b69d082d0888

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/038eed58-7ec9-42f3-833d-b69d082d0888
  15th February 2021 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

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