Published date: 18 October 2017

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 27 November 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Computer network services - 72700000

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    • Computer back-up and catalogue conversion services - 72900000

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Location of contract

LE11 3TU

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

LU00566 - JS

Published date

18 October 2017

Closing date

27 November 2017

Contract start date

8 January 2018

Contract end date

8 January 2025

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Loughborough University (subsequently called the University) wishes to:
o Refresh the VM (Virtual Machine) compute infrastructure;
o Add additional live storage capacity;
o Add additional backup storage capacity (disc based);
o Add additional network switches and licenses, and;
o To provide a pair of Business Continuity VM hosts.
This infrastructure underpins circa 600 virtual servers, all general file store, and backup services for the whole University.
The University intends to purchase a storage solution to meet the projected performance and capacity requirements of 12% compound growth per annum for the next five years.

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Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Krishna Radia

Address

Ashby Road
Loughborough
Leicestershire
LE11 3TU
United Kingdom

Telephone

01509223627

Email

k.radia@lboro.ac.uk