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title: "Provision of Servers for Sussex Data Centres"
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# Provision of Servers for Sussex Data Centres

Buyer: JOINT PROCUREMENT SERVICE FOR SURREY AND SUSSEX POLICE  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-7d3d1a47-2194-41b5-97c2-f325419cbe98

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## Summary

The Joint Procurement Service for Surrey and Sussex Police has awarded a contract for the provision of servers for Sussex Data Centres. The contract, valued at 417,298.94 GBP, was awarded to Softcat PLC. The procurement stage was an award, with the tender period ending on 20th November 2023. The contract period is from 21st November 2023 to 22nd November 2023. The opportunity falls under the industry category of goods and is located in the South East region of the United Kingdom.

This tender presents opportunities for businesses in the technology sector, particularly those providing server solutions and services. Companies involved in network servers, computer servers, and file servers are well-suited to compete for this contract. The buying organisation, Joint Procurement Service for Surrey and Sussex Police, is seeking suppliers to enhance their data centre capabilities in Lewes and Brighton. Businesses looking to supply server equipment and related services can leverage this contract to grow their business in the public sector market.

## Notice

Sussex Police and Surrey Police (SSP) operate the VMware vSphere hypervisor platform (version 7.0), currently using UCS blades as ESXi nodes. NetApp storage, attached via a mix of Cisco MDS fibre channel switches and NFS, provides the back-end storage, and a Cisco LAN using Nexus 7706 core switches and Nexus 2K fabric extenders as ToR switches. The Nexus 7706 supports 10GbE ports, and the Cisco MDS FC switches supports 32Gbps or lower (32Gbps being preferred for UCS uplinks). Both sites are utilising UCS 6454 fabric interconnects. SSP are currently looking to procure additional servicers for our Lewes and Brighton Data Centres.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/fc88994d-0f9a-4fc9-9acc-48f70058dce5 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Other - |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 18 Dec 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 20 Nov 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 18 Dec 2023 |
| Contract period | 18 Dec 2023 - 17 Dec 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £417,298 |
| 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 | JOINT PROCUREMENT SERVICE FOR SURREY AND SUSSEX POLICE |
| Locality | LEWES |
| Post town | Brighton |
| Postcode | BN7 2FZ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex |
| ITL 3 | TLJ22 East Sussex CC |
| Local authority | Lewes |
| Electoral ward | Lewes Bridge |
| Westminster constituency | Lewes |
| Delivery location | TLJ South East (England) |

## Supplier

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

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems

### Codes

- 48820000 - Servers
- 48821000 - Network servers
- 48822000 - Computer servers
- 48823000 - File servers

## Release History

- 18 Dec 2023 at 11:08 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/fc88994d-0f9a-4fc9-9acc-48f70058dce5

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/fc88994d-0f9a-4fc9-9acc-48f70058dce5
  18th December 2023 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=74574&B=BLUELIGHT
  Additional data
- https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/30091
  User / Company

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