Published date: 3 April 2023

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


Closing: 1 March 2023, 3pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Wide area network services - 72720000

Location of contract

West Midlands

Value of contract

£334,000

Procurement reference

CPA5392

Published date

3 April 2023

Closing date

1 March 2023

Closing time

3pm

Contract start date

2 March 2023

Contract end date

1 March 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a framework agreement

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established framework agreement.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

• Dynamic Multipath Optimization. VMWare's proprietary protocol to identify traffic by application and choose the optimum route in real-time.
• Per-packet steering. DMPO performs continuous, unidirectional measurements of performance metrics: loss, latency, and jitter of every packet.
• Cloud-hosted Gateways.


A 3 year contract with an option to extend for a further 2 years has been awarded.

Award information

Awarded date

2 March 2023

Contract start date

3 March 2023

Contract end date

1 March 2026

Total value of contract

£345,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

softcat Plc

Address

Thames Industrial Estate, Fieldhouse Lane, Marlow, Bucks SL7 1LW

Reference

Companies House number: 02174990

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Additional details

Framework awarded under the NHS-SBS IT Solutions 2

Framework Reference: SBS/19/AB/WAB/9411

About the buyer

Contact name

baiju panchmatia

Address

Headquarters,99 Vauxhall Road
BIRMINGHAM
B74HW
England

Telephone

0121 380 6177

Email

baiju.panchmatia@wmfs.net