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title: "UK SBS PR17148 CEPH Storage Servers for Physics Data Processing at the RAL Tier-1"
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# UK SBS PR17148 CEPH Storage Servers for Physics Data Processing at the RAL Tier-1

Buyer: UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-76afa153-782f-47a6-a089-188188c14bfb

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## Summary

The procurement process for the "CEPH Storage Servers for Physics Data Processing at the RAL Tier-1" was conducted by UK Shared Business Services Limited. This tender, classified under the goods category with the CPV code of 48822000 (Computer servers), falls under the award stage after being completed successfully. The procurement method employed was selective, through a call-off from a framework agreement. Key dates include a contract period running from 16 January 2018 to 15 January 2021, and the tender period concluded on 6 December 2017, with a minimum value set at £716,000 and a total value of £1,057,000. The services are based in the South East region of England.

This contract provides excellent opportunities for businesses specialising in computer server solutions, particularly those capable of offering affordable commodity storage products suitable for large scale data processing projects like GridPP. Enterprises that are innovative, agile, and experienced in the IT and storage solutions sector, especially small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), would be particularly well-suited to compete for similar future tenders in this space, leveraging their expertise to meet the high standards required by UK Shared Business Services Limited.

## Notice

AWARDED FOLLOWING A CALL OFF COMPETITION UNDER THE SERVERS, STORAGE & SOLUTIONS NATIONAL AGREEMENT (SSSNA) Lot 3B (2016/S 061-103632) The STFC Scientific Computing Department provides a national computing facility (The Tier-1 Service) at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) for the UK particle physics GRID computing project GridPP (http://www.gridpp.ac.uk). The Tier-1 has a large installation of PC Linux storage servers hosting approximately 15PB of physics data, using mainly SATA disks arrays. STFC seeked an affordable commodity storage solution to augment the existing storage provision and meet the needs of the GridPP project. A detailed specification is provided below.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/dcf05859-2627-4a06-b430-235a22076d83 |
| 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 Jun 2018 |
| Submission deadline | 6 Dec 2017 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 3 Jan 2018 |
| Contract period | 16 Jan 2018 - 15 Jan 2021 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £1,057,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £776,387 |
| 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 | UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED |
| Locality | SWINDON |
| Post town | Swindon |
| Postcode | SN2 1FF |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire |
| ITL 3 | TLK71 Swindon |
| Local authority | Swindon |
| Electoral ward | Rodbourne Cheney |
| Westminster constituency | Swindon North |
| Delivery location | TLJ South East (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 2 |
| Supplier names | CLUSTERVISION; XMA |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems

### Codes

- 48822000 - Computer servers

## Release History

- 15 Jun 2018 at 15:40 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/dcf05859-2627-4a06-b430-235a22076d83

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/dcf05859-2627-4a06-b430-235a22076d83
  15th June 2018 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

## Notice URLs

- http://www.gridpp.ac.uk

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