Tender for Data Centre Colocation Services

The University is seeking to migrate its secondary data centre to an off-site location by “lift and shift” of existing equipment to a purpose-built and professionally managed facility.

Contract summary

Industry

Computer and Related Services

Location of contract

YO31 7EX

Value of contract

£45k – £125k

Published date

08 June 2017

Closing date

30 June 2017

Contract start date

01 August 2017

Contract end date

31 July 2020

Description

Tender for data centre colocation services

The University is seeking to migrate its secondary data centre to an off-site location by “lift and shift” of existing equipment to a purpose-built and professionally managed facility. The University expects to migrate up to 84U of rack space and consume up to 8kW of power across these racks. It is essential to achieve geographical resilience of IT services that the secondary facility be located at least 1 mile straight-line distance from the YO31 7EX postcode.

Please refer to the full invitation to tender documentation published at https://www.yorksj.ac.uk/about/tender-opportunities-at-york-st-john/ for full information and tendering instructions.

Deadline for submissions 12noon on Friday 30th June 2017.