---
title: "Virtual Environment Infrastructure"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-05faac"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "ROYAL HOSPITAL CHELSEA"
published: "2026-05-21"
---

# Virtual Environment Infrastructure

Buyer: ROYAL HOSPITAL CHELSEA  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05faac

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## Summary

The Royal Hospital Chelsea has completed a procurement process titled "Virtual Environment Infrastructure", with the objective to upgrade or change its current VMWare-based virtual environment, spanning 27 servers. The tender, awarded to SOFTCAT PLC, involves services related to information technology, focusing on security, management, and alternative scalable solutions. The procurement was conducted as an open, competitive flexible procedure in the service category, with the award notice dated 21st May 2026. The awarded contract is scheduled to commence on 26th May 2026 and conclude on 25th May 2029, including options for renewal for two additional years on an annual basis.

This tender presents significant business opportunities, especially for SMEs in the IT services industry, by providing a platform to deliver comprehensive IT solutions that include infrastructure analysis, solution presentations, hardware provisioning, and staff training for non-VMWare options. With the Royal Hospital Chelsea's requirements for scalability and robust support, companies adept in innovative IT solutions such as alternative virtual environments will find this tender conducive to business growth, fostering long-term engagement and expertise demonstration in cutting-edge technologies.

## Notice

The Royal Hospital Chelsea is looking to upgrade/change the current virtual environment. The current virtual environment is hosted on a VMWare platform by 3 Host (cluster), hosting a total of 27 servers and two Non-federated SAN. Though we are happy with VMWare as a solution, constant changes on price for licenses and difficult access to support has made us want to look for alternative solutions, like Nutanix, that can provide scalability, easy management, great security, fault tolerance, good analytics across the environment. We are requesting from the supplier to provide the Royal Hospital Chelsea with a quote for VMWare, Nutanix and another alternative solution. For comparison, pros and cons.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/046762-2026 |
| Notice type | UK6 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Competitive flexible procedure |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 21 May 2026 |
| Submission deadline | 16 Feb 2026 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 21 Apr 2026 |
| Contract period | 25 May 2026 - 25 May 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £166,732 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | ROYAL HOSPITAL CHELSEA |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South West London |
| Postcode | SW3 4SR |
| 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 | Royal Hospital |
| Westminster constituency | Chelsea and Fulham |
| Delivery location | TLI London |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | SOFTCAT |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 72222300 - Information technology services

## Release History

- 21 May 2026 at 08:08 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/046762-2026
- 19 Dec 2025 at 15:26 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/085028-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/046762-2026
  21st May 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/085028-2025
  19th December 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://Softcat.com
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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