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title: "Cambridgeshire County Council Application Centric Infrastructure"
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# Cambridgeshire County Council Application Centric Infrastructure

Buyer: CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-a19c93a6-b68d-4d79-a321-97fa4a8cf934

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## Summary

The Cambridgeshire County Council has recently completed a procurement process titled "Cambridgeshire County Council Application Centric Infrastructure." This procurement is classified under the services category, specifically related to office and computing machinery and equipment. The project took place in the East of England, specifically at a shared datacentre located in Peterborough. The procurement process was initiated as a tender, with an award date of 30th October 2020 and a contract period spanning from 4th January 2021 to 3rd July 2022. The total contract value amounted to £726,547.41, and it utilised the CCS Framework RM3808 for network services.

This tender represents an excellent opportunity for businesses specialising in ICT infrastructure, particularly those with expertise in Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) technology. Vendors capable of providing not only ACI solutions but also traditional networking equipment, integration services, and ongoing support would be well-positioned to compete. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with relevant experience are encouraged to consider these types of contracts, which aim to enhance public services in the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough region through improved and managed datacentre operations.

## Notice

Cambridgeshire County Council invites proposals from experienced and qualified Contractors for the provision of everything required including all skilled labour, tools, materials, equipment for supply, delivery and implementation of Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) technology inside a shared datacentre located in Peterborough. The ACI infrastructure needs to integrate with existing and new traditional non-ACI networks, located at Peterborough City Council or Cambridgeshire County Council partner datacentres (at Northamptonshire County Council and Milton Keynes Council), and virtualisation technologies such as VMware or Hyper-V The current Cambridgeshire County Council datacentre network is a relatively flat design that provides limited security and control for lateral (east west) traffic movement within the datacentre. In addition, the current network design requires a significant amount of hands on management, and provides little in the way of automation and orchestration. The aim is to improve, consolidate and simplify datacentre operations. The Cambridgeshire County Council strategic partnership, along with a shared joint senior management team, with Peterborough City Council has led to a joint ICT strategy which incorporates building and developing a shared services infrastructure located at the Peterborough City Council datacentre. The shared infrastructure will be the enabler to deliver excellent public services to the residents of Peterborough and Cambridgeshire. To solve these problems, Cambridgeshire County Council has elected to implement, and build upon existing ACI foundations that Peterborough City Council have already established, by using Cisco's ACI technology within the datacentre. Cambridgeshire County Council are accepting a proposal for both the supply of Cisco ACI and traditional non-ACI networking equipment, and complete implementation and support, of ACI on an existing Peterborough City Council ACI environment which integrates with a new traditional (non-ACI) networking environment in Peterborough with Cambridgeshire County Council partners. This is a further competition using CCS Framework RM3808 - Network Services 2 Lot 2: Local Connectivity Services.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6ef7d4cd-f560-4613-9bb1-353360c4e549 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Other - |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 31 Mar 2021 |
| Submission deadline | 24 Jul 2020 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 30 Oct 2020 |
| Contract period | 4 Jan 2021 - 3 Jul 2022 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £850,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £726,547 |
| 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 | CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL |
| Locality | CAMBRIDGE |
| Post town | Cambridge |
| Postcode | CB3 0AP |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLH East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLH4 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough |
| ITL 3 | TLH42 Cambridgeshire CC |
| Local authority | Cambridge |
| Electoral ward | Castle |
| Westminster constituency | Cambridge |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## 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
- 48 - Software package and information systems

### Codes

- 30000000 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages
- 48000000 - Software package and information systems

## Release History

- 31 Mar 2021 at 08:32 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6ef7d4cd-f560-4613-9bb1-353360c4e549

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6ef7d4cd-f560-4613-9bb1-353360c4e549
  31st March 2021 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

## Notice URLs

- https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/

## Provenance

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