---
title: "Enterprise & Research Computing Infrastructure"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000770170"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH"
published: "2024-06-21"
---

# Enterprise & Research Computing Infrastructure

Buyer: UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000770170

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## Summary

The University of Edinburgh has recently awarded a contract for the "Enterprise & Research Computing Infrastructure" to Dell Corporation Limited. The procurement process, initiated through a tender, focused on acquiring goods related to education. The contract, with a value of £5,675,000, was signed on 29th May 2024. The University's address is Charles Stewart House, 9-16 Chambers Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1HT, UK.

This tender for research and enterprise computing infrastructure presents business growth opportunities for suppliers of servers, storage, and solutions. Companies with expertise in converged infrastructure, hyper-converged solutions, networking, and software services are well-suited to compete. The procurement method was an open procedure, with the University of Edinburgh acting as the contracting authority for this award, creating avenues for business engagement in the education sector.

## Notice

Servers & storage

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Research and enterprise computing infrastructure. This may include full end-to-end solutions and components for converged infrastructure, hyper-converged and hybrid solutions including servers, storage, networking and intrinsic to solution software, support, maintenance and design and deployment services. Direct Award to first ranked supplier on Lot 3, Servers, Storage and Solutions National Agreement (SSSNA) ITS4043 SU. This Direct Award will allow call off contracts to be placed under SSSNA, as required, for a period of up to 24 months. The contract value detailed in this Contract Award Notice is based on an initial 12 month anticipated spend. At the end of this initial period, should the University choose to continue to utilize this route to market for a further 12 months, a subsequent CAN will be published for that upcoming 12 month period based on estimated spend at that time.. Direct Award to first ranked supplier on Lot 3, Servers, Storage and Solutions National Agreement (SSSNA) ITS4043 SU.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUN508021 |
| Notice type | PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 21 Jun 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 29 May 2024 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £5,675,000 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH |
| Locality | EDINBURGH |
| Post town | Edinburgh |
| Postcode | EH1 1HT |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM1 East Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM13 City of Edinburgh |
| Local authority | City of Edinburgh |
| Electoral ward | City Centre |
| Westminster constituency | Edinburgh East and Musselburgh |
| Delivery location | TLM75 City of Edinburgh |

## Supplier

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

## 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
- 48820000 - Servers

## Release History

- 21 Jun 2024 at 00:00 - Award - PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUN508021

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUN508021
  Enterprise & Research Computing Infrastructure - Servers & storage

## Notice URLs

- http://
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000770170
- https://www.ed.ac.uk

## Provenance

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