# Vrtx configuration Direct Award Via NHS Link2 Framework

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Liverpool City Council](/buyers/liverpool-city-council/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Dell Corporation Limited](/contract-winners/dell/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £84,463
- Tender value: £85,000
- Award date: 4 February 2021
- Published: 18 March 2021
- Contract start: 9 February 2021
- Contract end: 8 February 2026
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 6bb581c2-b0b9-4777-8e74-cd53009f1d61-421186
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-aae4fbf7-054f-4673-a719-1a52727f9927

## Description

Overview of the Requirement \\r The requirement is a infrastructure platform consisting of a chassis based computer \(blade servers\) and storage for physical hosting VMware virtual machines and VMware management platform\. \\r \\r The solution requires 4 blade servers and resilient power supplies\. For networking the infrastructure requires an I/O \(input/output\) module of Internal \(east-west\) 16 1GB ports and external 4 x 10Gb sfp ports \+ 2 x 1GB BaseT ports \(North - south traffic\) \. Storage must be SSD and support Raid 5\. It is preferable that the access is direct- array storage\. \\r \\r For support the infrastructure must support VMware vSphere and management tools, and must be able to be securely managed from remote locations\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6bb581c2-b0b9-4777-8e74-cd53009f1d61-421186)