Data Centre Capacity Requirements – Data Centre (“DC2”)

A Modification Notice
by NHS WALES INFORMATICS SERVICE

Source: Find a Tender
Type: Contract (Services)
Duration: 7 year
Value: £7M-£9M

Sector: TECHNOLOGY
Published: 12 Feb 2021
Delivery: To 12 Feb 2028 (est.)
Deadline: n/a

Concepts

Location

Newport, South Wales

Geochart for 2 buyers and 1 suppliers

2 buyers

NHS Wales Informatics Service Cardiff

1 supplier

BT London

Description

Data Centre Capacity Requirements is for the provision of a Tier 3 Data Centre to be paired with the existing Data Centre, currently located in Blaenavon to host NHS Wales IT systems, which replaced the Hosting Service provided by British Telecommunications plc out of their Cardiff Bay Data Centre.

Ammendments to Previous Notice

2. Contract value

GBP 6,834,640 9,234,640

Award Detail

1	BT (London) Data Centre Capacity Requirements – Data Centre (“DC2”) Reference: p302 Value: £6,834,640

CPV Codes

72317000 - Data storage services

Indicators

Contract modified due to additional needs.

Legal Justification

the sudden and unforeseen exit from the Authority's data centre in Blaenavon, which was only communicated to the Authority in the summer of 2020 has necessitated the “pausing” of the re-procurement of the Data Centre in Newport. As a consequence of the Blaenavon data centre exit, undertaking a procurement at this point with the possibility of buying an alternative data centre for Newport data centre DC2 introduce considerable additional risk given that exit/transition arrangements are currently in process in respect of the Blaenavon Data Centre. Conducting the transition and migration of both data centres at the same time would severely impact the provision of critical services to NHS Wales during the transition period, putting significant pressure not only on the 3rd party suppliers but also on NWIS resources.