---
title: "Contract for the Provision of a Storage Area Network Solution to the Victoria and Albert Museum"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0425a6"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Tender"
buyer: "VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM"
published: "2023-12-14"
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# Contract for the Provision of a Storage Area Network Solution to the Victoria and Albert Museum

Buyer: VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0425a6

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## Summary

The Victoria and Albert Museum is procuring a Storage Area Network solution to support its operations over the next 5 years, as its current solution is reaching end of life in December 2024. The contract, valued at £450,000 GBP, includes the new SAN, hardware, related services, installation, testing, migration, and support. The procurement is in the active stage, with the tender period ending on January 31, 2024, and the bid opening scheduled electronically.

This tender opportunity by the Victoria and Albert Museum presents a chance for businesses specializing in data storage services to compete for a lucrative contract. Companies capable of providing SAN solutions, hardware, consultancy, and project management services are well-suited to pursue this opportunity. The business potential lies in catering to the museum's storage needs and supporting its ongoing operations with innovative technological solutions over the next five years.

## Notice

The V&A Museum requires a new Storage Area Network (SAN) solution to support the museum over the at least the next 5 years. The current solution is planned to be end of life in December 2024 and therefore a program for the replacement of the solution is required.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

This contract includes the new SAN; all associated hardware; related services including consultancy, design and project management; installation and testing; migration to the new solution; and support for five years. The V&A currently has sites in South Kensington, Bethnal Green, Stratford and Salisbury, but it is anticipated that there may be sites added or removed over the contract duration. The SAN shall include iSCSI, fibre switches, file shares, storage array & controllers to create the solution. The V&A Museum currently has 2No. SAN's with associated equipment that require replacement. Collectively The V&A is currently using 40TB of storage for VMware virtual servers, and 575TB of file storage presented via DFS file shares, an estimated 39.6 million files, at the domain level to the network. Please note that the contract duration of five years will start on the go-live date and therefore does not include installation, testing etc. Additional information: To respond to this opportunity please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/EGAYJ3Z752

Options: To purchase additional hardware, software and related services as may be required by the business needs of the V&A

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036808-2023 |
| 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 | 14 Dec 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 31 Jan 2024 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £450,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM |
| Locality | KENSINGTON |
| Post town | South West London |
| Postcode | SW7 2RL |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI33 Kensington & Chelsea and Hammersmith & Fulham |
| Local authority | Kensington and Chelsea |
| Electoral ward | Brompton & Hans Town |
| Westminster constituency | Kensington and Bayswater |
| Delivery location | TLI3 Inner London - West |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 72317000 - Data storage services

## Release History

- 14 Dec 2023 at 14:05 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036808-2023

## Notice URLs

- https://www.delta-esourcing.com/Respond/EGAYJ3Z752
- https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/EGAYJ3Z752
- https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Kensington:-Data-storage-services./EGAYJ3Z752
- https://www.vam.ac.uk/

## Provenance

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