Published date: 16 November 2022

This notice was replaced on 10 March 2023

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Awarded contract (published 10 March 2023)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Construction work - 45000000

Location of contract

BS1 5DS

Value of contract

£350,000

Procurement reference

tender_312829/1146735

Published date

16 November 2022

Closing date

16 December 2022

Closing time

4pm

Contract start date

30 January 2023

Contract end date

31 March 2023

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The University of Bristol is seeking to create a testbed to explore/create solution capabilities aiding in the reduction of data centre carbon footprint. The components included in this procurement must provide insights/visibility of network end-to-end performance/utilisation of the physical and virtual tapped, or spanned interfaces i.e., Including but not limited to physical and virtual interfaces from server to server, server to network and network to network devices.

The end goal will be to provide a solution to view the complete network performance/utilisation of a datacentre; this data will be used in conjunction with a separate power monitoring solution (out of scope of this procurement) enabling the direct correlation/relationship between power consumption and network performance/utilisation, thus aiding knowledge in the journey to NetZero DC (Data Centre).

The system will be utilised in a testbed environment within an idealised Datacentre, as such we are not looking for full DC coverage, just enough to perform the necessary testing to gather required data. However, the solution should be scalable to allow for potential later usage in the live DC following its use within the test facility.

Our requirements are broken down into three categories: -

- Network Packet Broker (NPB) and Taps

- Collection, Storage and Analysis of data from the NPB and Taps

- Generate real world user traffic for KPI analysis

We are seeking a solution to meet all requirements.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Analytics & KPI Tools with Measurement, Monitoring & Data Layer

  • Early engagement
  • Published 28 July 2022

Links

Additional text

All documentation can be found at the following address. Please register on the University of Bristol portal (https://tenders.bris.ac.uk/) and then search for ITT number 1176 'Net Zero Performance Monitoring'

About the buyer

Address

4th Floor, Augustine's Courtyard, Orchard Lane
Bristol
BS1 5DS
England

Email

ds14720@bristol.ac.uk

Website

www.bristol.ac.uk