Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Greater Manchester Combined Authority
GMCA Offices, 1st Floor, Churchgate House, 56 Oxford Street
Manchester
M1 6EU
procurement@manchesterfire.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
http://www.manchesterfire.gov.uk/
Buyer's address
http://www.manchesterfire.gov.uk/
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
GMCA 631 Replacement Datacentre Hardware
Reference number
DN650977
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 30000000 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages
two.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
two.1.4) Short 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.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £416,921
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
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.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 40%
Price - Weighting: 60%
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2023/S 000-001266
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
GMCA 631
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
20 March 2023
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Specialist Computer Services Plc
James House, Warwick Road
Birmingham
B11 2LE
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £416,921
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
The High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
London
WC2A 2LL
Country
United Kingdom