# Virtual Server Platform

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [UNIVERSITY OF EXETER](/buyers/university-of-exeter/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [XMA Ltd](/contract-winners/xma/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £355,443
- Tender value: £355,443
- Award date: 14 February 2022
- Published: 1 April 2022
- Contract start: 18 February 2022
- Contract end: 17 April 2023
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: c9872076-b5ca-4634-b62b-4711174b696d-524118
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-caed74fe-29a0-447a-a9ba-65d798c61acd

## Description

To purchase a hybrid cloud platform to host the University's servers and storage replacing end of life technologies in the process\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c9872076-b5ca-4634-b62b-4711174b696d-524118)