Awarded contract

SPS-02144 Provision of Support and Maintenance of the SPS F5 Infrastructure

Details

Duration
3 years
Published
11 September 2024

Tender description

SPS currently has 4 F5 BIG-IP 3900s in use across its Estate and 4 F5 BIG-IP Virtual machines running on Microsoft Hyper-V for its De-militarized zone environment. The purpose of this Contract is to provide maintenance and support services for the F5 infrastructure to the standards detailed in the agreed Specification.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published11 September 2024
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date11 September 2024
  3. Next: Contract expiry date31 July 2027in 10 months

About the buyer

Scottish Prison Service is a non-departmental public body running Scotland's prisons, with its own dedicated procurement team. Tenders are advertised on Public Contracts Scotland, the national tender portal for public bodies in Scotland. Estates and technical services work runs through dedicated framework agreements for construction projects. An SPS Contracts Committee also oversees its largest supplier contracts using balanced scorecards. A five-year procurement strategy aligns with the Public Procurement Strategy for Scotland. SPS scored an advanced rating in a national procurement review. Prisoner escort and court custody services are commissioned as separate justice partner contracts.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of Scottish Prison Service's contract awards have been in construction work, IT services and repair and maintenance.

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