Closed tender

Provision of Research Technology Partnership Solutions

Details

Buyer: University of Birmingham
Value: £25,000,000
Topic: Information technology services
Published: 24 October 2023
Submission: 23 November 2023
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

The procurement is for a new partnership agreement, to succeed the current contract ‘The Provision of Research Technology Partnership Solutions’ SC/3818/15. Since 2015, it has supported the evolution and success of the Birmingham Environment for Academic Research (BEAR) and other major research computing initiatives, including the EPSRC funded Tier2 facility, Baskerville and the MRC funded CLIMB cloud. The new technology partnership will underpin the University’s ambitious goals, encapsulated in ‘Birmingham 2030’ and the role of computational science in achieving those goals. We are looking for a partner to bring expertise and industry insight in the drive to exploit the latest technologies to build high performance, sustainable and reliable services. As such, the partner must be able to deliver added value across our broad spectrum of activity in addition to the basic supply of advanced infrastructure and services.For background to the current operation, see bear.bham.ac.uk Lot 1: Provision of Research Technology Partnership Solutions

Timeline

Completed: Tender published24 October 2023
Current notice
Completed: Submission date23 November 2023

About the buyer

University of Birmingham is a higher education organisation whose central Procurement Division buys on behalf of its colleges, departments and professional services. Framework agreements arranged through regional consortia set fixed terms, service levels and pricing, and a purchase is committed only once an order is placed. The University also runs its own Build Higher Framework for construction projects, appointing five approved contractors to deliver against it.

Over the past 5 years, most of University of Birmingham's contract awards have been in business services, software and information systems and research and development.

Decision makers

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