Published date: 25 November 2016

Withdrawn early engagement


Closing date: 23 February 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Software package and information systems - 48000000

Location of contract

North East

Procurement reference

VDI/16/7

Published date

25 November 2016

Closing date

23 February 2018

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust is looking to carry out a preliminary market engagement exercise to establish solutions that are currently available in the market place for the provision of a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure solution comprising of all computer equipment, software, storage and implementation services necessary to support up to 200 concurrent multi-user clinical desktop sessions.

Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust recognise that implementation of VDI in isolation will not provide a solution to the challenges faced in provisioning IT Services in fast-paced clinical environments and that a more comprehensive, multi-layered approach to presenting end user computing services is required.

The Trust has identified key challenges that should be addressed and resolved through the implementation of a multi-layered approach to deliver end user computing.

All communication shall be submitted via www.nhssourcing.co.uk - project_20512 - RFI - Request for Information - Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) .

Any Questions relating to the project will be via the online messaging facility provided on the NHS Sourcing Portal. The onus is on potential providers to review regularly all the information published on the Portal in relation to this project.

Please note: This exercise is not part of any pre-qualification, selection process or bid evaluation. It is intended as an awareness, communication and information gathering exercise offering an opportunity for potential providers to supply information on their solution. This therefore does not represent a commitment from Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust to award a contract or an invite to tender to any provider that expresses an interest in this market engagement exercise. At this stage Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust are in the process of developing a strategy for procuring the aforementioned solution.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

RFI - Request for Information - Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)

  • Early engagement
  • Published 2 September 2016

Links

About the buyer

Contact name

Matthew James

Address

Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Gateshead
NE9 6SX
England

Email

matthew.james@ghnt.nhs.uk