# 3248/MH Co-location Partner Provision

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD](/buyers/university-of-sheffield/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Softcat PLC](/contract-winners/softcat/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £1,860,000
- Tender value: £1,860,000
- Award date: 27 March 2022
- Published: 8 April 2022
- Contract start: 29 March 2022
- Contract end: 15 June 2025
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: f79c76f7-44da-4960-a0fe-b87c23898579-526556
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-cc267af3-9d47-44d6-b48d-aadc5f6c2e96

## Description

The University as part of it's strategy to provision data storage for existing and new research projects determined the need for a second Co-location provision partner\. The NHSSBS DWS Framework agreement was used to determine the partner\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f79c76f7-44da-4960-a0fe-b87c23898579-526556)