Published date: 6 February 2018

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 2 February 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Servers - 48820000

Location of contract

North East

Value of contract

£1,250,000

Procurement reference

NCL001-DN232211-92388537

Published date

6 February 2018

Closing date

2 February 2017

Contract start date

28 March 2017

Contract end date

3 July 2017

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Not applicable

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The University wishes to deploy a High Performance Computing (HPC) service to support its research and teaching requirements. The University will engage with a Seller to provide a solution to meet its HPC service requirements. The University HPC service will be deployed at the University's off-site data centre; Sellers should carefully note the physical and environmental constraints of this hosting facility noted in MR41 in Section 3 of the Invitation to Tender document. . The budget for this project, based on whole-life costs (as noted in the award criteria, but excluding energy) is £1.5M inclusive of VAT. This opportunity is being advertised to Framework for Servers, Storage and Solutions National Agreement (SSSNA) Ref 2016/2, Lot 3(b) (OEM Solutions for HPC or DIC). The terms and conditions of this framework shall apply to any contract resulting from this tender.

Award information

Awarded date

15 March 2017

Contract start date

28 March 2017

Contract end date

3 July 2017

Total value of contract

£1,250,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

OCF plc

Address

S35 2PG

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Dave Anderson

Address

Newcastle University
Procurement Services, Kingsgate
Newcastle
NE1 7RU
England

Telephone

+44 1912225360

Email

dave.anderson@ncl.ac.uk

Website

http://www.ncl.ac.uk