Published date: 12 January 2021

Last edited date: 28 January 2021

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: 29 January 2021, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 72000000

Location of contract

North East

Value of contract

£50,000 to £100,000

Procurement reference

BIP559795516

Published date

12 January 2021

Closing date

29 January 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 April 2021

Contract end date

30 September 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

NOTE: This notice was updated on 28 January 2021 for the following reason: Extension of due date from 29/1 12.00 to 01/02 13.00(Northumbria University is seeking a partner to work alongside the internal IT Services infrastructure team to shape and then transform their network and compute hardware, and facilities.

The future vision is a new technical infrastructure at Northumbria that does not block innovation for teaching and research across the University. In parallel, IT Services is looking to reduce costs, reduce the on-premises footprint and utilise cloud services where possible. The selected partner will work with specialists at Northumbria to design a software-defined data centre utilising hyper-converged infrastructure to aid monitoring, alerting and security. The design will also need to comprise a modern backup solution and a re-design of the existing on-premises data centres to accommodate the overall architecture.

The successful partner for this collaborative engagement will assist us to produce an Infrastructure & Cloud Strategy for the University, an architectural roadmap for the delivery of the strategy and a high-level design of the end-state architecture.

To initially respond to this expression of interest, please provide an overview of how you would approach this opportunity both practically and commercially as requested in the opportunity in our Delta system.)

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Additional text

The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.The Universityy considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.

About the buyer

Contact name

Angelique Borsboom

Address

Sutherland Building
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
NE1 8ST
UK

Telephone

07429334777

Email

angelique.borsboom@northumbria.ac.uk