--- title: "Provision of UCS Blade System for Brighton and Guildford Data Centers" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-b65350f0-f5c5-40f8-9abf-7759ed3648fc" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-b65350f0-f5c5-40f8-9abf-7759ed3648fc" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-b65350f0-f5c5-40f8-9abf-7759ed3648fc.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-b65350f0-f5c5-40f8-9abf-7759ed3648fc.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "JOINT PROCUREMENT SERVICE FOR SURREY AND SUSSEX POLICE" published: "2023-02-28" --- # Provision of UCS Blade System for Brighton and Guildford Data Centers Buyer: JOINT PROCUREMENT SERVICE FOR SURREY AND SUSSEX POLICE Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-b5fd17-b65350f0-f5c5-40f8-9abf-7759ed3648fc [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-b65350f0-f5c5-40f8-9abf-7759ed3648fc) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-b65350f0-f5c5-40f8-9abf-7759ed3648fc.json) ## Summary The Joint Procurement Service for Surrey and Sussex Police has awarded a contract for the provision of UCS Blade System for Brighton and Guildford Data Centers. The procurement falls under the goods category with a total contract value of £565,207.74. The tender process concluded with an award to Softcat PLC on 28th February 2023. The tender period ended on 30th January 2023, and the contract period is scheduled to start on 31st January 2023 and end on 1st February 2023. This tender presents opportunities for businesses involved in supplying computer servers and related components. Companies catering to data center infrastructure solutions and server hardware providers would find this tender well-suited for their expertise. The successful bidder, Softcat PLC, will have the opportunity to provide UCS Blade Systems to upgrade the ESXi compute capacity for the two data centers in Brighton and Guildford. ## Notice Sussex Police and Surrey Police operate the VMware vSphere hypervisor platform (version 7.0), currently using a mix of HPE C-class blade enclosures and HPE ProLiant Gen9 servers 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). The storage and LAN/SAN switches are relatively new and not in need of replacement. However, the C-class enclosures and Proliants have reached the end of their supported life, and we have a requirement for additional ESXi compute capacity to allow for future projects requiring virtual machines. As the C-class enclosure is a deprecated platform, it is not a viable option to purchase additional HPE ProLiant blades. The system is to be installed in APC AR3100 server cabinets (600mm w x 1070mm d), with APC AP8853 dual-fed power strips. All components MUST be compatible with this rack configuration. Two adjacent racks are available; it is assumed that one will be used for initial deployment and the second rack reserved for future expansion. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/efe7ba1e-4407-489d-88c1-143a4f36567c | | 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 | 28 Feb 2023 | | Submission deadline | 30 Jan 2023 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 28 Feb 2023 | | Contract period | 27 Feb 2023 - 26 Feb 2026 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | £565,207 | | 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 | Not specified | ## Supplier | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Number of suppliers | 1 | | Supplier names | SOFTCAT | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 48 - Software package and information systems ### Codes - 48820000 - Servers - 48822000 - Computer servers ## Release History - 28 Feb 2023 at 14:10 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/efe7ba1e-4407-489d-88c1-143a4f36567c ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/efe7ba1e-4407-489d-88c1-143a4f36567c 28th February 2023 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder - https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=58475&B=BLUELIGHT Additional data - https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/30091 User / Company ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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