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title: "Data Centre Co-location Services"
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# Data Centre Co-location Services

Buyer: UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-8c67a4d2-35bf-40fd-b388-cb1d86a665e2

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## Summary

University College London is seeking tenders for Data Centre Co-location Services as part of a significant data centre transformation programme. This open procurement process is currently in the tender stage, with submissions due by 23rd January 2017. The selected supplier will provide vital services, including power, cooling, connectivity, and physical security, to ensure the relocation of IT services by March 2017, and support a contract running until 5th September 2018. The project is located in London (postal code: WC1E 6BT) and falls under the data management services and wide area network services categories, with an overall contract value of £5,200,000 GBP.

This tender presents an excellent opportunity for businesses specialising in data centre services, telecommunications, or managed IT services to showcase their capabilities. Companies equipped to deliver reliable, resilient infrastructure and connectivity solutions, particularly those with expertise in optical fibre networking, will find this opportunity aligns with their expertise. Participation in this contracting process could lead to significant business growth, especially for organisations prepared to support UCL’s requirements for a seamless migration of services under tight deadlines.

## Notice

Due to external influences impacting the future operating capability of one of UCL's onsite data centre facilities, UCL has a requirement to relocate all IT services and hardware from their existing data centre to a data centre co-location provider from March 2017 for an 18 month contracted period. As part of a large data centre transformation programme within UCL there is a significant data centre consolidation initiative underway. This initiative coupled with a demand to provide more data centre space for customers may result in change to the day one cabinet and power requirement outlined in this tender. UCL wishes to appoint a Supplier to provide a data centre space and the related services (power, cooling, connectivity and physical security) necessary to house and provide an operating environment for physical computing infrastructure subject to maximum separation requirements from UCLs primary location in Bloomsbury. UCL requires the Supplier to provision diversely routed, resilient dark fibre optical connections from UCLs primary location (WC1E 6BS) to the Suppliers data centre facility either directly through the Suppliers own carrier network or via a third party telecommunications network. The optical power return loss between these two locations must be no greater than 20dB over a maximum physical distance of 10km. UCL requires the data centre facility services and connectivity to be available to ensure the migration of services can commence no later than June 2017.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/be08f9e9-9afa-451c-a54d-79cbd25606a0 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 19 Dec 2016 |
| Submission deadline | 23 Jan 2017 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 6 Mar 2017 - 5 Sep 2018 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £5,200,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | Central London |
| Postcode | WC1E 6BT |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI36 Camden |
| Local authority | Camden |
| Electoral ward | Bloomsbury |
| Westminster constituency | Holborn and St Pancras |
| Delivery location | TLI London |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 72322000 - Data management services
- 72720000 - Wide area network services

## Release History

- 19 Dec 2016 at 17:19 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/be08f9e9-9afa-451c-a54d-79cbd25606a0

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/be08f9e9-9afa-451c-a54d-79cbd25606a0
  19th December 2016 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder

## Provenance

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