(NU/1464) Newcastle University SAP HANA Scale-up: SoH/S4H Appliance

The University is planning to augment its existing SAP HANA Certified Appliance estate to assist in the migration to S/4HANA. Within the next 18 months the University plans to replace its remaining SAP HANA Certified Appliance estate when it reaches end of support.

The requirement is to purchase sufficient supported SAP HANA Certified Appliances to support the University's SAP S4/HANA implementation and growth to meet its needs for five years: 1. An immediate initial requirement of six 3TB SAP HANA Certified Appliances: a. SAP certified Scale-up: SoH/S4H appliances; b. Distributed across two data centres (four in the primary data centre; two in the secondary data centre); c. Interconnected using an existing fast layer-2 Ethernet data network; d. A minimum of two processors in each appliance. 2. A longer term requirement for up to 24 additional Certified Appliances of the same (or successor) specification as noted in 1 above, to be called off up to 31st July 2023.

Note that this opportunity is only being made available to those suppliers appointed to the Servers, Storage and Solutions National Agreement (SSSNA), Lot 1 (Servers)