Scope
Reference
DDaT25300
Description
UK Shared Business Services intends to proceed with the renewal of its Pure Storage infrastructure, with the scope outlined as follows.
•FlashArray X Devices: These support our VMware infrastructure. We intend to renew this to maintain support and benefit from hardware refreshes, avoiding the need for costly tenders and engineering work.
•Evergreen One Option: We'd like to explore whether we can transition to Evergreen One, Evergreen One is a fully managed, subscription-based storage service that delivers enterprise-grade storage with cloud-like flexibility. It combines on-premises and cloud storage into a single, unified service-without the customer owning or managing the hardware.
•External Disk Shelf: We're interested in consolidating this into the main chassis at our DR site.
Enterprise SLAs:
•99.9999% uptime guarantee
•Zero data loss commitment
•No planned downtime for upgrades or maintenance
Unified Management:
•Manage block, file, and object storage across hybrid environments via Pure1®, a centralized dashboard.
Sustainability & Efficiency:
•Energy-efficient infrastructure
Cyber Resilience:
•Optional add-ons for cyber recovery, including clean arrays and on-site services in case of an attack.
At this stage we are conducting preliminary market engagement to gain further feedback from the market.
By responding you will be engaging in non-competitive dialogue which will enable UKSBS to develop and assess the market's appetite, concerns, and views on formulation of its requirements. UKSBS may consider the information and responses received as part of the preliminary market consultation to help inform the specification and further decision making in relation to the planning and conduct of the procurement, ensuring all valid options are considered.
This form is an expression of interest only; the full details of the project and the desired outcomes will be provided in the Tender Notice
Procurement Plan / Dates and Budget
Project budget - £800,000 excluding VAT
Indicative advertising timescales - August 2025 - February 2025
Indicative Contract start date - February 2025
Contract end date - TBC
Validation Questions
Interested suppliers please respond to these questions. Send your response to Callum.Moloney@uksbs.co.uk
To ensure that this procurement maximises appropriate bidder responses we have the following questions that we would like to pose to interested suppliers:
1. Procurement Capacity - Based on the indicative timescales for the procurement, please can you advise if your organisation would have capacity to provide a bid response within the timescales detailed?
2. Project Interest - Based on the scope provided, please can you advise if your organisation are interested in supplying these services to the contracting authority?
3. Further Information - Based on the scope provided, please advise if there is any further information you would require, or any specification questions you would need answered in order to put a bid response forward?
Based on the project detail provided, is it your intention to respond to the Tender documentation once issued?
Yes / No
Name:
Email:
Organisation:
Total value (estimated)
- £800,000 excluding VAT
- £960,000 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Contract dates (estimated)
- 13 February 2026 to 12 February 2028
- 2 years
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Contract locations
- UK - United Kingdom
Engagement
Engagement deadline
18 July 2025
Engagement process description
Expressions of Interest (EOI)
Project Name: DDaT25300 - Pure Storage Estate
Route to Market: Open Tender
Response required by: Friday 18th July 2025
Response required to: Callum.Moloney@uksbs.co.uk
Participation
Particular suitability
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
Contracting authority
UK Shared Business Services Ltd
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PMPN-7535-GNTG
Polaris House, North Star Avenue
Swindon
SN2 1FF
United Kingdom
Email: DDaTProcurement@uksbs.co.uk
Region: UKK14 - Swindon
Organisation type: Public authority - central government