Published date: 17 December 2014

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: 30 January 2015

Contract summary

Industry

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

Location of contract

EX1 3PB

Value of contract

£283,630 to £2,000,000

Procurement reference

METOFC-9KKD-7JM05V

Published date

17 December 2014

Closing date

30 January 2015

Contract start date

1 April 2015

Contract end date

31 March 2020

Contract type

Works

Procedure type

Open procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

You are invited to submit a Tender for the supply, installation, commissioning, integration, acceptance and ongoing support and maintenance for the hardware, any required software, plus any training requirements for one or more of the Lots, which in combination with the existing HPSS data management software plus bespoke software developed separately by the Authority(called MOOSE) and a server estate for the MOOSE and HPSS services, will provide the enhanced storage facilities that are required to deliver a solution suitable for large scale archive data storage (MASS-4G) through to the end of the decade. Included in the scope of this procurement are:
- Supply and installation of the systems comprising of hardware and any necessary firmware andsoftware.
- Supply and installation of the network hardware and software required to interconnect the solution.
- Commissioning and integration of the systems through to acceptance by the Authority.
- Continued system support.
- Provision of relevant staff training.


About the buyer

Contact name

Mr Darren Ball

Address

Fitzroy Road
Exeter
Exeter
EX1 3PB
United Kingdom

Email

darren.ball@metoffice.gov.uk