Colocation datacentre facility to host services for the CU Group
A Voluntary Ex-Ante Transparency (VEAT) Notice
by COVENTRY UNIVERSITY
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Type
- Contract (Services)
- Duration
- not specified
- Value
- £455K
- Sector
- TECHNOLOGY
- Published
- 28 Nov 2023
- Delivery
- not specified
- Deadline
- n/a
Concepts
Location
COVENTRY
2 buyers
- Coventry University Coventry
1 supplier
- Aq Ltd Leeds
Description
Colocation datacentre facility to host services for the CU Group.
Award Detail
| 1 | Aq Ltd (Leeds)
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CPV Codes
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 48000000 - Software package and information systems
Indicators
Legal Justification
AQL is our primary datacentre, it would be significant business risk to rush into a plan to relocate the primary datacentre and network communication links. We decided to continue our existing relationship with AQL for the stability of datacentre services due to the current financial position of the university group and the pressures facing the education sector. Technology is also changing at a rapid pace which makes it difficult to accurately predict long term placement of services as we continue to adopt more cloud technology. The AQL service is to remain in place for the next 2 years while a formal review is undertaken of our datacentre requirements. Once this decision is made, the university will go through a formal tender process for these services for a longer term partnership agreement.
Reference
- FTS 035112-2023