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Tenderline Synopsis: Wrexham County Borough Council: "Backup Solution". Published status: planned. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
| Contracting Authority | Wrexham County Borough Council | Scope & Categories | Not published | Submission Window | planned No deadline published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submission Gateway | Direct notice route | Legal Basis & Regime | Standard procurement | Estimated Value (exc. VAT) | Not published |
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Coverage: 42 active published awards; 40 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
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Contracting AuthorityWrexham County Borough Council | Procedure methodNot published | Procurement categoryNot published |
Statusplanned | Framework / DPSNot published | CompetitionNot published |
Above thresholdNot published | Legal basisNot published | Tender period startsNot published |
Clarification deadlineNot published | Electronic submissionNot published | Submission languagesNot published |
Published14 Mar 2022, 15:49 GMT | Last source update14 Mar 2022, 15:49 GMT | Recurring procurementNot published |
ClassificationBackup or recovery software package | ||
Delivery area | ||
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-03217c | ||
What is being bought
Wrexham Country Borough Council are looking to engage with the market in advance of procuring a new backup system.
Background
The current environment is located across two datacentres connected by 40Gb local fibre backbone. The large majority of servers are virtualised using VMware connected to an IBM FlashSystem. There are a total of 320 servers, details on Server Types and Operating System are below:
Server Type / Server Count
Virtual Servers (VMWare) – 316
Physical Servers – 4
Total – 320
Operating Systems / Server Count
Windows - 294
Linux - 26
Total – 320
Currently there are 110TB of data in use, a breakdown of the data types is below:
Data Type / TB
File – 27
Oracle – 2
SQL – 14
VDI – 4
VM – 63
Total - 110
Connectivity to the network is possible by 25Gb fibre and to the storage fabric network by 32Gb fibre.
Solution Requirements
The backup solution should incorporate the 3-2-1 backup rule, a copy of backup data in each datacentre and an offsite copy in the cloud.
The below table gives details around Data Size, Growth, Change Rates and Recovery Points and Retention Periods that we require:
Data Size - 110TB
Yearly Growth Rate - 5%
Daily Change Rate - 7TB
Recovery Points - Daily 31d, Weekly 7w, Monthly 12m, Yearly 1y
Retention Period - 31d Local, 1yr Cloud*
*Depending on cost increased retention maybe an option
The possibility of a managed service would be of interest and would like to investigate this as an option.
Mailbox data is currently being moved to Office 365 with further data expected to move in the future, we would like to explore the options for backing up O365.
The solution must be able to capable of performing immutable backups.
Please email your response with an overview of your solution/service to Rachel Sanders, Category Manager by 12noon on Tuesday 8th March 2022 to rachel.sanders@wrexham.gov.uk. Please only provide information in response to the above. Please include the reference: PROC21-188 in the subject heading of your e-mail response. Please note that we may wish to speak to you regarding your response w/c 21st March 2022.
What changed
From the official release history
- Status changed to planned
14 Mar 2022, 15:49 GMT - Official notice release published
14 Mar 2022, 15:49 GMT - Buyer information updated
14 Mar 2022, 15:49 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
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- Lot 1 · #1Individual lot title not publishedplannedPublished valueNot publishedPlease see Object above.Contract periodNot publishedEligibilityNot publishedOptions / renewalNot published
Timeline
- Procedure published
14 Mar 2022, 15:49 GMT
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AwardsNo award published |
ContractsNo contract published |
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Buyer and organisations in this procedure
Wrexham County Borough Council
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