Source: https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a13c29-7f93-708e-9b06-82ba7c629548/cp1626-18-corporate-storage-computer-strategic-refresh awarded GB direct award procedure Suitable for SMEs # CP1626-18 Corporate Storage & Computer Strategic Refresh [Devon County Council](https://tendernation.io/buyers/devon-county-council) Estimated value £750,000 Published 4 Dec 2018 Deadline Closed 12 Nov 2018 ## Who can bid - Buyer says suitable for SMEs The buyer ticked “suitable for SMEs” on the notice. Anyone can still bid. [More contracts for small businesses and VCSEs](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/for-small-businesses) ## About this tender This procurement is for a strategic refresh of the Corporate Storage and Virtualisation Compute Infrastructure in order to maintain a reliable service, provide good performance, and allow for capacity growth. After at least 6 years of operation, and longer for some components, the cost of maintenance, along with concerns over reduced reliability, capacity, and general age of the technology, the refreshing of this infrastructure is recommended. The ICT Storage and Virtualisation Compute are critical areas of the ICT core infrastructure; • The primary production storage array hosts the vast majority of Devon's electronic data • The array is now six years old and has been planned for lifecycle refresh this year. • A significant failure would affect many critical services including; Finest, HRMS, HP Records Manager, Internet & Transactional Services, M Drives & P Drives, Connectivity/Authentication to services such as Carefirst, Office365, Exchange Online, Homeworking. • The Virtualisation Compute hosts virtual servers that underpin many of the applications mentioned above, along with the core services required to support the Corporate Desktop. • A significant proportion of this estate is old and in need of refresh • The underpinning technology has become complex to maintain and is approaching end of sales life • The technology is also becoming a limiting factor in keeping the Virtualisation technology up to date. Additional information: Direct Award against North of England Commercial Procurement Collaborative (NOE CPC) NHS IT Enterprise Solutions - Lot 1 Enterprise Hardware Read full description ## CPV classification Information systems and servers Source Contracts Finder (UK) [View official notice](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/99f5cd31-2d8f-4d37-adb4-c8aa675bb9d7) Never miss a tender like this again Get AI summaries, deadline alerts and a bid pipeline for tenders matched to your business. Free to start. [Track tenders free](https://tendernation.io/register) [Buyer profile Devon County Council: past awards and live tenders](https://tendernation.io/buyers/devon-county-council) [Sector More Software packages & information systems tenders](https://tendernation.io/sectors/software-information-systems) ## More tenders like this [Preliminary Market Engagement - Corporate Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) · North East Lincolnshire Borough Council · 21 days left · 9 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15410-bf5e-72d1-8225-fbabeaba595f/preliminary-market-engagement-corporate-enterprise-resource-planning-erp) [Servers – Dostawa serwerów do klastra wirtualizacyjnego · Politechnika Rzeszowska · 2 days left · 21 Oct 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-2e23-7066-ba48-4fc2a9243b50/poland-servers-dostawa-serwerow-do-klastra-wirtualizacyjnego) [License management software package – Dostawa licencji bezpieczeństwa do Systemu DNS · Poczta Polska S.A. · 15 days left · 3 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-20fa-7396-87e7-40ce84cb0f4d/poland-license-management-software-package-dostawa-licencji-bezpieczenstwa-d) [Security software package – Pořízení a implementace integrovaného řešení EDR/XDR a SIEM · Fakultní nemocnice Plzeň · 30 days left · 18 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-1e5d-73ea-989e-b9c221c4c490/czechia-security-software-package-porizeni-a-implementace-integrovaneho-rese) [Computer servers – „Dostawa serwerów komputerowych wraz z dedykowanymi kartami graficznymi dla Copernicus PL Sp. z o.o.” · Copernicus Podmiot Leczniczy Spółka Z Ograniczoną Odpowiedzialnością · 3 days left · 22 Oct 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-08e5-7339-9a05-be1adf5996b5/poland-computer-servers-dostawa-serwerow-komputerowych-wraz-z-dedykowanymi) [Software package and information systems – Datenerfassungssystem · Dataport AöR · 15 days left · 3 Nov 2026](https://tendernation.io/opportunities/01a15183-43c5-7007-89f5-0ea2d1525f27/germany-software-package-and-information-systems-datenerfassungssystem)