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# Virtual Environment Infrastructure

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/virtual-environment-infrastructure-ocds-h6vhtk-05faac). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Royal Hospital Chelsea: "Virtual Environment Infrastructure". Published status: complete. Published Value: £0. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 16 Feb 2026, 10:00 GMT. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Royal Hospital Chelsea](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/royal-hospital-chelsea-GB-PPON-PHMD-6978-XGQN)
- **Published Value:** £0 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 16 February 2026 at 10:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive flexible procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Information technology services
- **Delivery Location:** UKI
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £166,732 (inc. VAT; no net value published, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 3 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/virtual-environment-infrastructure-ocds-h6vhtk-05faac#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05faac`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **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/virtual-environment-infrastructure-ocds-h6vhtk-05faac#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission method:** Please email david.williams@chelsea-pensioners.org.uk 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)

## Description
The 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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 72222300
- **Delivery regions:** UKI
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £0

- **Contract Period:** 24/03/2026 to 23/03/2029
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Virtual Environment Infrastructure (active)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **Softcat PLC**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-02174990`
  - Value: £166,732 (inc. VAT)
  - Date: 21/04/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F085028-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-05-21T08:08:23.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T20:59:38.392Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05faac