Expired contract

GRAID Data Storage Server

Details

Supplier(s)
Novatech Ltd
Value
£35,610.59
Duration
1 year
Topic
Servers
Published
18 May 2023

Tender description

The µ-VIS X-ray Imaging Centre is the University of Southampton's dedicated centre for computed tomographic imaging and a founding partner of the National Research Facility for lab-based X-ray CT (NXCT). The centre combines state-of-the-art equipment and 25 years of experience, plus the expertise of over 40 academic staff from across the University, offering a unique integrated resource for advanced 3D imaging. As part of a recent funding effort, µ-VIS wishes to add another instance of high-performance storage to its infrastructure: an AMD EPYC-based GRAID system with 100 gigabit connectivity and of the order of tens of terabytes usable storage capacity to provide a platform for processing next-generation reconstruction algorithms for tomographic data.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date15 May 2023
  2. Completed: Award published18 May 2023
    Current notice
  3. Completed: Contract expiry date25 June 2024

About the buyer

University of Southampton is a higher education institution whose procurement team runs tenders and quotations under its own financial regulations. Tenders are advertised through In-Tend, the university's e-tendering system. Many contracts are awarded through framework agreements managed by the Southern Universities Procurement Consortium. Larger opportunities may also appear on Contracts Finder and Find a Tender. Purchasing teams raise orders and requisitions for faculties and professional service groups. Procurement thresholds set the route to market, ranging from a single quotation to a formal tender. Contractors must hold appropriate insurance before work begins.

Education procurement reached £47.4bn in 2024/25, the fourth-largest public sector budget.

Over the past 5 years, most of University of Southampton's contract awards have been in software and information systems, office and computing equipment and architectural and engineering services.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 48820000 · Servers

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