SAN / VMWARE HOST PROJECT

Contract summary

Industry

• Computer equipment and supplies - 30200000

Location of contract

WA4 6RD

Value of contract

£100,000

Procurement reference

Priestley SAN

Published date

9 June 2022

Closing date

21 April 2022

Closing time

9am

Contract start date

4 July 2022

Contract end date

5 August 2022

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Single tender action (below threshold)

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

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Description

Priestley College currently uses a fault-tolerant Fujitsu SAN comprising of a Primary SAN and Secondary SAN located in two physically separate buildings. It uses Storage Cluster for DX200 which automates the failover process, meaning no manual intervention is required and uptime is optimised. There are 4 Physical VMWare Host Servers and uses VMWare 6.7 Enterprise Plus. The College is seeking to replace the current system with a new SAN which will future proof for 5 years including warranty. All hardware must be Tier 1. More detailed specification is attached.

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More information

Previous notice about this procurement

SAN / VMWARE HOST PROJECT

• Opportunity
• Published 30 March 2022

Attachments

• SAN Tender 2022 Final.docx
• Technical specifications

Additional text

A requirement of the tender is that it must be able to be delivered by 4th July 2022. All tenders must be submitted to the tenders@priestley.ac.uk e-mail address. Any queries should also be addressed via that e-mail address.

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Award information

Awarded date

20 May 2022

Contract start date

4 July 2022

Contract end date

5 August 2022

Total value of contract

£91,282.81

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Abtec Computer Solutions Ltd

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About the buyer

Address

Priestley College
Loushers Lane
Warrington
WA4 6RD
United Kingdom

Email

tenders@priestley.ac.uk