Cloud Technology Solutions and Computacenter contracts

​FOI REF: FOI/2023/5082

You asked

As per my records, Cloud Technology Solutions and Computacentercontracts have expired. I would like to know whether these contracts are still valid or replaced by any other supplier.

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.)

We said

Thank you for your request.

Please find our response to your queries in the associated download named: "FOI 5082 Server Maintenance Contracts".

Regarding Q14:

The information requested for this question is personal data and as such is exempt from release under Section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). Please use the following shared mailbox to contact ONS on this topic: ons.contract.management@ons.gov.uk.