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Replacement Network Load Balancers

Official notice

Authority: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON

Call-off from a framework agreement
CPV: Network equipment (32420000)
Published contract value£175,871Exc. VAT
Contract ends 13 Apr 2027
Awarded to Softcat PLC
Contract starts 14 Mar 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This Procurement covers the supply and support of four replacement NLB (network load balancer) appliances:

  • Two production appliances; one to be housed in Astro House, and the other in Building 36 at Highfield Campus.
  • Two Pre-Production appliances; one to be housed in Astro House, and the other in Building 36 at Highfield Campus.

o These will be used to handle incoming traffic on the Pre-Production instances of our hosted services, allowing us to test any changes prior to rolling out in production on Campus.

o Additionally, this allows us to test new firmware releases in a non-service affecting environment before committing to installation in Production.

  • Recommendations from supplier and vendor regarding implementation best practices, and available functionality not currently utilised.

Published procurement details

Procedure
Call-off from a framework agreement
Buyer reference
2021UoS-0295
Category
Goods
Tender status
Complete
Award status
Active
Suitable for SMEs
Yes
Suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises
No
Tender deadline
Procurement method
Selective
Item 1: Delivery locations as published
South East, United Kingdom

Key dates

Published dates
  1. Award decision
    11 Feb 2022
  2. Contract starts
    14 Mar 2022
  3. Notice published
    15 Mar 2022
  4. Contract ends
    13 Apr 2027

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

  • UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTONContracting authority HIGHFIELD CAMPUS,UNIVERSITY ROAD, SOUTHAMPTON, SO171BJ, EnglandContact name, email
    Identifier
    sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/d74ZA5zA · GB-SRS

Suppliers named on the notice

  • Softcat PLCSupplier Fieldhouse Lane, Marlow, Bucks, SL7 1LW
    Identifier
    02174990 · GB-COH
    Voluntary, community or social enterprise
    No
    Business size
    Large

Official documents & specifications (1)

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Source record

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Contracts Finder
Notice language
en
Release reference
ocds-b5fd17-2fa53106-c924-4b2f-aee4-d002eeadf0d9-2022-03-15T16:08:59Z
Published
15 Mar 2022
Latest update
15 Mar 2022
Procedure reference
ocds-b5fd17-2fa53106-c924-4b2f-aee4-d002eeadf0d9
Contract reference
ocds-b5fd17-2fa53106-c924-4b2f-aee4-d002eeadf0d9-1