Provision of IBM Storage Protect and IBM Spectrum Scale Licensing & Support
Details
- Supplier(s)
- Softcat PLC
- Value
- £158,275.19
- Duration
- 1 year
- Topic
- Backup or recovery software package
- Published
- 15 January 2026
- Source
- uk:contracts_finder
Tender description
The NOC completed a call off from the NHS SBS10256 Framework for the provision of Spectrum & Storage protect licences and associated services. These licences cover the provisioning across both NOC sites and is critical to the maintenance of the server infrastructure at the NOC.
Timeline
- Completed: Award date15 October 2025
- Completed: Award published15 January 2026Current notice
- Next: Contract expiry date14 October 2026in 3 weeks
About the buyer
National Oceanography Centre is one of the world's top oceanographic institutions, and a dedicated procurement team runs its purchasing. Contracts above threshold are advertised through Contracts Finder and Find a Tender. Much of its buying goes through pre-negotiated framework agreements and the Crown Commercial Service. A framework covers refit, maintenance and equipment support for research vessels including RRS Discovery and RRS James Cook. Just over 1,400 suppliers work with the centre, four in five of them based in the UK. The procurement team is currently implementing the Procurement Act 2023 across its processes.
£434bn was the total UK public sector procurement spend in FY 2025/26.
Over the past 5 years, most of National Oceanography Centre's contract awards have been in laboratory and precision equipment, construction work and software and information systems.
Relevant CPV codes
- 48710000 · Backup or recovery software package
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@national-oceanography-centre.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@national-oceanography-centre.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@national-oceanography-centre.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@national-oceanography-centre.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@national-oceanography-centre.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@national-oceanography-centre.gov |
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