FOI-01983

#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

I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information you have requested and a copy of the information is attached.

__Reusing the data and copyright__

If you plan on producing a press or broadcast story based upon the data please contact communicationsteam@nhsbsa.nhs.uk. This is important to ensure that the figures are not misunderstood or misrepresented.

The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 and is subject to NHSBSA copyright. This information is licenced under the terms of the Open Government Licence detailed at:

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ 

Should you wish to re-use the information you must include the following statement: “NHSBSA Copyright 2024” Failure to do so is a breach of the terms of the licence.

Information you receive which is not subject to NHSBSA Copyright continues to be protected by the copyright of the person, or organisation, from which the information originated. Please obtain their permission before reproducing any third party (non NHSBSA Copyright) information.



Tags: ICT, ICT contracts
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log