# Provision of Datacentre Expansion - VxRail Tender

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust](/buyers/manchester-university-nhs-foundation-trust/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [SPECIALIST COMPUTER CENTRES PLC](/contract-winners/specialist-computer-centres/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £1,806,760
- Tender value: £1,806,760
- Award date: 30 April 2023
- Published: 15 August 2023
- Contract start: 5 May 2023
- Contract end: 4 May 2026
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: bc2cb5e9-3bc9-4242-93f8-a6f70fe93db3-672045
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-742240de-e2bd-4b21-a284-a1df04ad1586

## Description

the contract is planned to MFT plan to deploy a storage and compute platform to replace the legacy NetApp/Cisco UCS Flexpod Infrastructure currently in use in MFT\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/bc2cb5e9-3bc9-4242-93f8-a6f70fe93db3-672045)