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# GMCA 631 Replacement Datacentre Hardware

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/gmca-631-replacement-datacentre-hardware-ocds-h6vhtk-0397c9). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Greater Manchester Combined Authority: "GMCA 631 Replacement Datacentre Hardware". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 15 Feb 2023, 17:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.the-chest.org.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Greater Manchester Combined Authority](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/greater-manchester-combined-authority-ons-e47000001)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 15 February 2023 at 17:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages, Repair and maintenance services, Software maintenance and repair services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £416,921 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0397c9`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/gmca-631-replacement-datacentre-hardware-ocds-h6vhtk-0397c9#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [the-chest.org.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.the-chest.org.uk%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/gmca-631-replacement-datacentre-hardware-ocds-h6vhtk-0397c9#participate

## Description
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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 30000000, 50000000, 72267000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** 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...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 011072-2023-GMCA 631-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Specialist Computer Services Plc**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-80443`
  - Value: £416,921 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 011072-2023-GMCA 631-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £416,921
  - Signed Date: 20/03/2023

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F011072-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-04-18T11:19:44.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T11:47:18.972Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0397c9