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Response 958916

Response to request for information

Reference

958916

Response date

27 October 2022

Request

Request for information that relates to the organisation’s contracts around ICT contract(s) for Server Hardware Maintenance, Server Virtualisation Licenses and Maintenance and Storage Area Network (SAN) Maintenance/Support

Response

This is a request for information that relates to the organisation’s contracts around ICT contract(s) for Server Hardware Maintenance, Server Virtualisation Licenses and Maintenance and Storage Area Network (SAN) Maintenance/Support, which may include:

  • Server Hardware Maintenance - contracts relating to the support and maintenance of the organisation’s physical servers.
  • Storage Area Network Maintenance/Support (EMC, NetApp etc)
  • Virtualisation Maintenance/Support/ Licensing (VMware, Solaris, Unix, Linux, Windows Server)For each of the type of contract described above, please can you provide me with the following data. If there is more than one contract, please split the information for each separate supplier this includes annual spend
  1. Contract Title: Please provide me with the contract title.
    1. Storage and Computing Support and Maintenance
    2. VMware Licenses, Support and Maintenance
  2. Type of Contracts (ABOVE): Please can you provide me with one or more contract types the contract relate to: Server Hardware, Virtualisation, SAN (Storage Area Network)1.
    1. Licences, Support and Maintenance
    2. Licenses, Support and Maintenance
  3. Existing/Current Supplier:  Please provide me with the supplier’s name for each contract.
    1. Centerprise
    2. VMware
  4. Brand:  Please state the brand of hardware or software.
    1. HPE ProLiant DL360 ESX Servers and HPE Nimble Storage Device
    2. VMware
  5. Operating System / Software (Platform): (Windows, Linux, Unix, vSphere, AIX, Solaris etc.) Please state the operating system used by the organisation.
    1. VMware
    2. VMware
  6. Annual Average Spend: Please provide me with the most recent annual spend for this contract?             
    1. Approx. £31k (This includes hardware and support)
    2. Approx. £5k
  7. Contract Duration: (Please can you also include notes if the contract includes any contract Extension periods).
    1. 5 years
    2. 1 year
  8. Contract Expiry Date: Please can you provide me with the date of when the contract expires.
    1. Nov 2025
    2. Oct 2023
  9. Contract Review Date: (An approximate date of when the organisation is planning to review this particular contract).
    1. November 2025
    2. October 2023
  10. Purchase of Servers: Could you please provide me with the month and year in which most/bulk of servers were purchased. N/A
  11. Number of Physical Server: Please can you provide me with the number of physical servers. 10 physical servers
  12. Number of Virtual Servers: Please can you provide me with the number of Virtual servers’ servers. 100
  13. Brief Contract Description: I require a brief description of the service provided under this contract. Please do not just put maintenance I need at least a sentence.             
    1. License, and Support and Maintenance
    2. License, and support and Maintenance
  14. Contract Owner: (The person from within the organisation that is responsible for reviewing and renewing this particular contract. Please include their full name, job title, direct contact number and direct email address.)

FOI Responses Contracts and Procurement 2022