# Additional 10Gbps Bandwidth on Existing Links

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust](/buyers/united-lincolnshire-hospitals-nhs-trust/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Linchpin Networks Ltd
- Award value: £21,420
- Tender value: £21,420
- Award date: 24 June 2021
- Published: 23 July 2021
- Contract start: 28 June 2021
- Contract end: 27 June 2023
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: cedceb86-deb3-4ae4-8d27-5860eddc63f3-454071
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-dad761b3-17dc-4593-b136-9bf75c25cc56

## Description

The Contracting Authority have identified a requirement for additional 10Gbps on existing links to support the agreed design required to support VMware NSX as part of the Data Centre resilience and segmentation project which is prioritized as part of the Digital Services infrastructure programme plan\. The connection will enable the ability to replicate storage data between Lincoln and Boston between the Storage Area Network environments as part of the NSX project and work to form a single logical data centre\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/cedceb86-deb3-4ae4-8d27-5860eddc63f3-454071)