Freedom of information response

1. Contract Title: Please provide me with the contract title. – Server Hardware support

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) – Server Hardware

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

4. Brand:  Please state the brand of hardware or software – Vmware, Dell & Sun

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

6. Annual Average Spend: Please provide me with the most recent annual spend for this contract? - £1,235

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

8. Contract Expiry Date: Please can you provide me with the date of when the contract expires. – 30/11/23

9. Contract Review Date: (An approximate date of when the organisation is planning to review this particular contract.) – 3 months prior to contract end

10. Purchase of Servers: Could you please provide me with the month and year in which most/bulk of servers were purchased. – No bulk purchases made for a number of years

11. Number of Physical Server: Please can you provide me with the number of physical servers. – Approx 25

12. Number of Virtual Servers: Please can you provide me with the number of Virtual servers – Approx 190

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. – Time and materials hardware replacement

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.) – Not provided

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

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) – Virtualisation

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

4. Brand:  Please state the brand of hardware or software – Vsphere Enterprise Plus

5. Operating System / Software (Platform): (Windows, Linux, Unix, Vsphere, AIX, Solaris etc.) Please state the operating system used by the organisation. – See above response to PDQ contract

6. Annual Average Spend: Please provide me with the most recent annual spend for this contract? - £41,404

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

8. Contract Expiry Date: Please can you provide me with the date of when the contract expires. – 27/10/24

9. Contract Review Date: (An approximate date of when the organisation is planning to review this particular contract.) – 3 months prior to contract end

10. Purchase of Servers: Could you please provide me with the month and year in which most/bulk of servers were purchased. – See above response to PDQ contract

11. Number of Physical Server: Please can you provide me with the number of physical servers. – See above response to PDQ contract

12. Number of Virtual Servers: Please can you provide me with the number of Virtual servers – See above response to PDQ contract

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.) – Not provided

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

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) – SAN

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

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. – See above response to PDQ contract

6. Annual Average Spend: Please provide me with the most recent annual spend for this contract? - £36,000

7. Contract Duration: (Please can you also include notes if the contract includes any contract Extension periods.) – 5 years

8. Contract Expiry Date: Please can you provide me with the date of when the contract expires. – 31/3/25

9. Contract Review Date: (An approximate date of when the organisation is planning to review this particular contract.) – 3 months prior to contract end

10. Purchase of Servers: Could you please provide me with the month and year in which most/bulk of servers were purchased. – See above response to PDQ contract

11. Number of Physical Server: Please can you provide me with the number of physical servers. – See above response to PDQ contract

12. Number of Virtual Servers: Please can you provide me with the number of Virtual servers – See above response to PDQ contract

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.) – Not provided

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) – Virtualisation

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

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. – See above response to PDQ contract

6. Annual Average Spend: Please provide me with the most recent annual spend for this contract? - £58,400

7. Contract Duration: (Please can you also include notes if the contract includes any contract Extension periods.) – 1 year

8. Contract Expiry Date: Please can you provide me with the date of when the contract expires. – 15/6/23

9. Contract Review Date: (An approximate date of when the organisation is planning to review this particular contract.) – 3 months prior to contract end

10. Purchase of Servers: Could you please provide me with the month and year in which most/bulk of servers were purchased. – See above response to PDQ contract

11. Number of Physical Server: Please can you provide me with the number of physical servers. – See above response to PDQ contract

12. Number of Virtual Servers: Please can you provide me with the number of Virtual servers – See above response to PDQ contract

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. – Nutanix Hyperconverged hardware

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.) – Not provided

If this service is part of a managed contract, please can you send me the contract information for this managed service including Hardware Brand, Number of Users, Operating System, and contact details of the internal contact responsible for this contract

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