Published date: 21 November 2016
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Awarded contract (published 2 October 2018)
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Contract summary
Industry
Miscellaneous computer equipment - 30236000
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Software package and information systems - 48000000
Information systems or technology strategic review and planning services - 72222000
Computer-related services - 72500000
Computer network services - 72700000
Location of contract
Yorkshire and the Humber
Value of contract
£2,000,000 to £4,000,000
Procurement reference
SF / 2611
Published date
21 November 2016
Closing date
19 December 2016
Contract start date
1 July 2017
Contract end date
30 June 2021
Contract type
Supply contract
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
The University of Leeds (UoL) is implementing a new Data Centre Strategy (DCS). As part of this it intends to procure and implement a new, modern, converged compute and storage infrastructure that will be hosted across two new fully resilient data centres.
A new strategic approach is needed to provide efficient, effective, flexible, transparent, monitored and consumable compute and storage infrastructure services capable of hosting all UoL IT services. A modern, fit-for-purpose infrastructure platform is required to support University objectives in a way that is sustainable for the future, supports University growth and delivers significant savings.
The current space and infrastructure that support IT at the University is fragmented across numerous locations that contain varying amounts of infrastructure, which we aim to replace with a consolidated, operationally-efficient converged platform that will demand considerably less power, and space at the same time as delivering significant operational and cost benefits.
In general, all applications and services - for teaching, research and corporate - will migrate into a new unified service delivery model. The exceptions being some research servers attached to instrumentation.
The new "hybrid cloud" infrastructure platform and service delivery model will be delivered via two main data centers. Approximately 500 servers and 2.4 PB of storage will be replaced with the main migration complete in 18-24 months from date of contract award. Due to the volumes of data involved, we allow an extra 12 months to complete the migration of research data.
More information
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Details can be found @
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofleeds/aspx/Home
About the buyer
Contact name
David McLaren or Colin Challinor
Address
Woodhouse Lane
Leeds
LS2 9JT
England
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