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title: "New Digital Pathology Storage Area Network Solution for the Isle of Wight NHS Trust"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "SOUTH OF ENGLAND PROCUREMENT CENTRE"
published: "2023-09-08"
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# New Digital Pathology Storage Area Network Solution for the Isle of Wight NHS Trust

Buyer: SOUTH OF ENGLAND PROCUREMENT CENTRE  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-b2311b67-b384-420f-9b24-cbe122fbb850

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## Summary

The South of England Procurement Centre has awarded a contract for a New Digital Pathology Storage Area Network Solution to Specialist Computer Centres PLC. The procurement involved selective planning through calling off from a framework agreement. The contract, valued at £203,542.7, has a start date of February 20, 2023, and an end date of February 19, 2028. The delivery address for the procurement is in the postal code area PO30 5TG.

This tender offers opportunities for businesses providing media storage and reader devices, computer storage units, magnetic disk storage units, optical disks, and other related technologies. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are considered suitable for participation. The procurement was conducted in the services category and had key dates of a tender period ending on January 16, 2023, and a contract period starting from February 20, 2023.

## Notice

Two Hitachi Vantara E590 arrays of 500TB storage each c/w installation, training, and 5 years support for a new Digital Pathology Storage Area Network Solution as part of the Histopathology transformation project, for the Isle of Wight NHS Trust.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f9f6b801-ed05-4dcc-9b6e-523207b8521e |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Call-off from a framework agreement |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 8 Sep 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 16 Jan 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 20 Feb 2023 |
| Contract period | 20 Feb 2023 - 19 Feb 2028 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £203,542 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £203,542 |
| 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 | SOUTH OF ENGLAND PROCUREMENT CENTRE |
| Locality | FAREHAM |
| Post town | Southampton |
| Postcode | SO30 2FY |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
| ITL 3 | TLJ35 South Hampshire |
| Local authority | Eastleigh |
| Electoral ward | Hedge End North |
| Westminster constituency | Hamble Valley |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | SPECIALIST COMPUTER CENTRES |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 30233000 - Media storage and reader devices
- 30233100 - Computer storage units
- 30233110 - Magnetic card storage units
- 30233120 - Magnetic tape storage units
- 30233130 - Magnetic disk storage units
- 30233131 - Floppy-disk drives
- 30233132 - Hard-disk drives
- 30233140 - Direct-access storage devices (DASD)
- 30233141 - Redundant Array of Independent Disk (RAID)
- 30233150 - Optical-disk drives
- 30233151 - Compact disk (CD) reader and/or burner
- 30233152 - Digital versatile disc (DVD) reader and/or burner
- 30233153 - Compact disk (CD) and digital versatile disk (DVD) reader and/or burner
- 30233160 - Tape streamers
- 30233161 - Cassette-handling equipment
- 30233170 - Carousel units
- 30233180 - Flash memory storage devices
- 30233190 - Disk controller
- 30233300 - Smart card readers
- 30233310 - Fingerprint readers
- 30233320 - Combined smart card and fingerprint readers
- 30234000 - Storage media
- 30234100 - Magnetic disk
- 30234200 - Optical disks
- 30234300 - Compact disks (CDs)
- 30234400 - Digital versatile disks (DVDs)
- 30234500 - Memory storage media
- 30234600 - Flash memory
- 30234700 - Magnetic tapes

## Release History

- 8 Sep 2023 at 11:10 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f9f6b801-ed05-4dcc-9b6e-523207b8521e

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f9f6b801-ed05-4dcc-9b6e-523207b8521e
  8th September 2023 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

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