Official UK procurement notice
Virtual Environment Infrastructure · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Royal Hospital Chelsea (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Royal Hospital Chelsea is looking to upgrade/change the current virtual environment. The current virtual environment is hosted on a VMWare platform by 3 Host (cluster), hosting a total of 27 servers and two Non-federated SAN. Though we are happy with VMWare as a solution, constant changes on price for licenses and difficult access to support has made us want to look for alternative solutions, like Nutanix, that can provide scalability, easy management, great security, fault tolerance, good analytics across the environment. We are requesting from the supplier to provide the Royal Hospital Chelsea with a quote for VMWare, Nutanix and another alternative solution. For comparison, pros and cons.
- How the procedure runs: STAGE 1 The RHC is evaluating your responses to Identify that a bidder understands the RHC's requirement and determine the level of service that the bidder will provide in fulfilling the requirement. The top 3 bidders will progress to Stage 2 STAGE 2. Stage two consists of a presentation that will be delivered to a team from the Royal Hospital Chelsea. Following stage 1, the three highest scoring tenders from that stage will be invited to participate for stage 2.
CPV: Information technology services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£0
- Economic & financial standing
Please note that this advert will be closed on 18th January 2026. No further expressions of interest will be accepted after this date.
Must have "Find a tender" Registration Number in order for the issue of the ITT document. The ITT will not be issued without this.
The registration number must be provided when requesting the tender document
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Quality
- Price
- Economic & financial standing
Please note that this advert will be closed on 18th January 2026. No further expressions of interest will be accepted after this date.
Must have "Find a tender" Registration Number in order for the issue of the ITT document. The ITT will not be issued without this.
The registration number must be provided when requesting the tender document
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 19 Dec 2025, 15:26 GMT
- Last source update
- 21 May 2026, 09:08 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 11 Mar 2026
- Authority reference
RHC-40- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-085028- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05faacFind a Tender
- How it runs
STAGE 1
The RHC is evaluating your responses to Identify that a bidder understands the RHC's requirement and determine the level of service that the bidder will provide in fulfilling the requirement.
The top 3 bidders will progress to Stage 2
STAGE 2.
Stage two consists of a presentation that will be delivered to a team from the Royal Hospital Chelsea. Following stage 1, the three highest scoring tenders from that stage will be invited to participate for stage 2.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 16 Feb 2026, 10:00 GMT
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Please email [email protected] to request the invitation to tender document.
Must have "Find a tender" Registration Number in order for the issue of the ITT document. The ITT will not be issued without this.
www.chelsea-pensioners.org.uk ↗ (Not to be used for submission)
Timeline
19 Dec 2025 → 21 May 2026 · 6 dates- Tender notice published307 days ago19 Dec 2025, 15:26 GMT
- Submission deadline248 days ago16 Feb 2026, 10:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by225 days ago11 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts213 days ago24 Mar 2026
- Assessment summaries sent183 days ago23 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published155 days ago21 May 2026, 09:08 BST
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 Dec 2025- Tender notice published19 Dec 2025, 15:26 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published21 May 2026, 09:08 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete21 May 2026, 09:08 BST
- Contract signature expected25 May 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Softcat Plc26 May 2026 – 25 May 2029 · up to 25 May 2031Extensions: 2 x 1 year option periods | £166,732 inc. VAT | 22 Apr 2026 | Awarded |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6final-stage tenders | 6 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- SOFTCAT PLCAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender