Published date: 22 February 2023

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: 6 March 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Software package and information systems - 48000000

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

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£35,000 to £50,000

Procurement reference

KENTNHS001-DN657494-98744129

Published date

22 February 2023

Closing date

6 March 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

21 July 2023

Contract end date

31 March 2024

Contract type

Not specified

Procedure type

Open procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

KCHFT (Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust) have a requirement to replace their Citrix ADCs (NetScalers) with 4 virtual Citrix ADC appliances - 2 per data centre.
The NetScaler's currently provide KCHFT with a secure reverse proxy to in house web servers, as well as load balancing capabilities.
KCHFT currently have 2 physical NetScaler (ADCs), which are due to go out of support soon (The current hardware devices reach their "EoL" in April 2023), and a suitable replacement needs to purchased. The requirement is to have 4 virtual load balancers 2 per datacentre. This would enable business continuity in the event of the loss of a single appliance, or disaster recovery in the event of losing the whole data centre.
This will be capitalised and also comes with the possibility of extra funding from the capital budget.

Expressions of interest (EOI) must be submitted via the Procontract Procurement Portal (Proactis) under opportunity number DN657494. Any correspondence to the Authority's staff email will be disregarded. Please log in via the following link to EPI if already registered, or the link will also allow you to register and then EOI.

https://procontract.due-north.com/Register

About the buyer

Contact name

Sarah Woodcock

Address

110/120 Upper Pemberton
Eureka Park, Kennington
Ashford
TN25 4AZ
England

Telephone

+44 1233667979

Email

sarah.woodcock2@nhs.net

Website

http://www.kentcht.nhs.uk