Supply, Servicing and Maintenance of Uninterruptable Power Supply Units

The University were looking for a Supplier that would provide the University with UPS equipment, conduct physical checks/inspections and make recommendations to improve the University’s UPS provision. All of the University’s UPS’s and battery equipment would be subject to the physical maintenance assessment checks (annual service visits), which would be conducted every 12 months and not exceeding. The purpose of the maintenance visit are to check and assess the condition of existing equipment, and highlight any actions required to keep the equipment in a fully functioning state, without introducing any risk to the University. The University has invested heavily in its IT power infrastructure over the last 10 years, installing fully managed UPS and PDU solutions, bypass switches and by monitoring IT spaces with network-based monitoring appliances. The campuses include over 30 buildings, with over 95% including IT infrastructure. Currently the University has over 100 UPS (uninterruptible power supply) installations, over 140 PDUs (power distribution unit) and circa 25 environmental and security monitoring appliances. The University is committed to providing UPS cover for a minimum of one hour in most of its buildings, to guarantee continual IT provision for most power supply incidents. This contract will cover the supply, the maintenance, the servicing, installation, upgrading, consulting and remote support for all of the University's UPS requirements, including, but not limited to: UPS devices, batteries, battery packs/shelf, peripherals/consumables, racks, bypass panels, transfer switches, surveillance monitoring equipment, device and surveillance pack licences, annual software support etc.