Response 3499519

Response to request for information

Reference

3499519

Response date

21 May 2024

Request

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.
• Virtualisation Maintenance/Support/ Licensing  (VMware, Solaris, Unix, Linux, Windows Server)
• Storage Area Network Maintenance/Support  (EMC, NetApp etc)

For each of the types 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.
2. Type of Contracts (ABOVE): Please can you provide me with one or more contract types the contract relates to: Server Hardware, Virtualisation, SAN (Storage Area Network)
3. Existing/Current Supplier: Please provide me with the supplier name for each contract.
4. Brand: Please state the brand of hardware or software 
5. Operating System / Software (Platform): (Windows, Linux, Unix, Vsphere, AIX, Solaris etc.) Please state the operating system used by the organisation.
6. Annual Average Spend: Please provide me with the most recent annual spend for this contract?
7. Contract Duration: (Please can you also include notes if the contract includes any contract Extension periods.) 
8. Contract Expiry Date: Please can you provide me with the date of when the contract expires. 
9. Contract Review Date: (An approximate date of when the organisation is planning to review this particular contract.)
10. Purchase of Servers: Could you please provide me with the month and year in which most/bulk of servers were purchased.
11. Number of Physical Server: Please can you provide me with the number of physical servers.
12. Number of Virtual Servers: Please can you provide me with the number of Virtual servers.
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.
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.)

Response

1. Contract Title: Please provide me with the contract title.

    

   • IT Health 

      

   • VMware

      

   • Nimble 

2. Type of Contracts (ABOVE): Please can you provide me with one or more contract types the contract relates to: Server Hardware, Virtualisation, SAN (Storage Area Network)
   • Support on DR servers 

      

   • License and support and maintenance 

      

   • Hardware support and maintenance on Storage San and servers 

3. Existing/Current Supplier: Please provide me with the supplier name for each contract.

   • IT Health 

   •  

     CCS

   •  

     Centerprise 

4. Brand: Please state the brand of hardware or software 

   • DELL

      

   • VMware

      

   • HPE 

5. Operating System / Software (Platform): (Windows, Linux, Unix, Vsphere, AIX, Solaris etc.) Please state the operating system used by the organisation.

   • Windows 10 

      

   • vSphere

      

   • Nimble (Unknown), Servers ESXi vSphere

6. Annual Average Spend: Please provide me with the most recent annual spend for this contract?

   • £1,153.84

      

   • £4,421.28

      

   • £153,940.00 (includes the purchase price of equipment)

7. Contract Duration: (Please can you also include notes if the contract includes any contract Extension periods.) 

   • Yearly

      

   • Yearly  

      

   • 5 Yearly

8. Contract Expiry Date: Please can you provide me with the date of when the contract expires. 

   • April 2024 

      

   • October 2024

      

   • July 2025

9. Contract Review Date: (An approximate date of when the organisation is planning to review this particular contract.)

   • March 2025

      

   • September 2024

      

   • April 2025 

10. Purchase of Servers: Could you please provide me with the month and year in which most/bulk of servers were purchased.
    • July 2020
11. Number of Physical Server: Please can you provide me with the number of physical servers.
    • 1x physical, 5x ESXi boxes Primary, 4x ESXi boxes at DR 
12. Number of Virtual Servers: Please can you provide me with the number of Virtual servers.
    • 74
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.
    • Support and maintenance of 5 ESXi and HP Nimble storage solution  
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.)

    • Greg Dwyer, CIO  GregDwyer@rushcliff.gov.uk