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GMCA 631 Replacement Datacentre Hardware

Office and computing machinery
equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages
UK
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: Greater Manchester Combined Authority: "GMCA 631 Replacement Datacentre Hardware". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityGreater Manchester Combined AuthorityScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Published history for Greater Manchester Combined Authority. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
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Competition Density
13.2Bids / Report
14.2% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
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Payment Terms
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Coverage: 151 active published awards; 148 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityGreater Manchester Combined Authority
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published18 Apr 2023, 12:19 BST
Last source update18 Apr 2023, 12:19 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationOffice and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0397c9
What is being bought
Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) currently hosts 2 data centres over 2 geographically sperate locations. These sites have resilient 10Gb layer 2 connectivity. Our current data centre equipment is approaching its end of useable life and we are looking to replace this. Our data centres runs in an active-active state across the 2 sites. Services are split between the 2 to provide resilience. The solution is currently made up of 2 Flexpod deployments which consists of Cisco UCS, NetApp and VMware. GMCA is looking to replace the compute and storage elements of the data centre with new NetApp and Dell hardware (the required hardware is outlined in section 4). This includes professional services for installation and elements of migration of the new solution. GMCA require the solution to be covered for support and maintenance over a 5 year contracted period. This includes hardware replacement, monitoring and alerting.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    18 Apr 2023, 12:19 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    18 Apr 2023, 12:19 BST
  3. Submission deadline changed to published date
    18 Apr 2023, 12:19 BST
  4. Status changed to active
    16 Jan 2023, 13:08 GMT
  5. Official notice release published
    16 Jan 2023, 13:08 GMT
  6. Submission deadline changed to 15 Feb 2023, 17:00 GMT
    16 Jan 2023, 13:08 GMT
  7. Buyer information updated
    16 Jan 2023, 13:08 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) currently hosts 2 data centres over 2 geographically sperate locations. These sites have resilient 10Gb layer 2 connectivity. Our current data centre equipment is approaching its end of useable life and we are looking to replace this. Our data centres runs in an active-active state across the 2 sites. Services are split between the 2 to provide resilience. The solution is currently made up of 2 Flexpod deployments which consists of Cisco UCS, NetApp and VMware. GMCA is looking to replace the compute and storage elements of the data centre with new NetApp and Dell hardware (the required hardware is outlined in section 4). This includes professional services for installation and elements of migration of the new solution. GMCA require the solution to be covered for support and maintenance over a 5 year contracted period. This includes hardware replacement, monitoring and alerting.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    18 Apr 2023, 12:19 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 20 Mar 2023, 00:00 GMT · £416,921
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Specialist Computer Services Plc
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£416,921 · signed 20 Mar 2023, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statistics
bids: 2 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Contracting authority GB-FTS-14844
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  • Greater Manchester Combined Authority
    buyer

    GMCA Offices, 1st Floor, Churchgate House, 56 Oxford Street, Manchester, UK, M1 6EU
    procurement@manchesterfire.gov.uk

  • Specialist Computer Services Plc
    supplier

    James House, Warwick Road, Birmingham, UK, B11 2LE

  • The High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
    reviewBody

    London, WC2A 2LL
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