# Replacement Network Load Balancers

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON](/buyers/university-of-southampton/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Softcat PLC](/contract-winners/softcat/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £175,871
- Tender value: £175,871
- Award date: 11 February 2022
- Published: 15 March 2022
- Contract start: 14 March 2022
- Contract end: 13 April 2027
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: 0b58e29e-9289-4f72-8254-2426bdecc185-518575
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-2fa53106-c924-4b2f-aee4-d002eeadf0d9

## Description

This Procurement covers the supply and support of four replacement NLB \(network load balancer\) appliances: • Two production appliances; one to be housed in Astro House, and the other in Building 36 at Highfield Campus\. • Two Pre-Production appliances; one to be housed in Astro House, and the other in Building 36 at Highfield Campus\. o These will be used to handle incoming traffic on the Pre-Production instances of our hosted services, allowing us to test any changes prior to rolling out in production on Campus\. o Additionally, this allows us to test new firmware releases in a non-service affecting environment before committing to installation in Production\. • Recommendations from supplier and vendor regarding implementation best practices, and available functionality not currently utilised\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0b58e29e-9289-4f72-8254-2426bdecc185-518575)