Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 383-2025
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
You asked:
1. Contract Title: Please provide me with the contract title.
Our response:
Server Hardware Maintenance – Provision of IT related Services, Hardware and Software
Virtualisation Maintenance/Support/Licensing – As above
Storage Area Network Maintenance/Support – As above
You asked:
2. Type of Contracts (ABOVE): Please can you provide me with one or more contract types the contract relates to: Server Hardware, Virtualisation, SAN (Storage Area Network)
Our response:
Server Hardware Maintenance – Firm Fixed Price Contract
Virtualisation Maintenance/Support/Licensing – Firm Fixed Price Contract
Storage Area Network Maintenance/Support – Firm Fixed Price Contract
You asked:
3. Existing/Current Supplier: Please provide me with the supplier name for each contract.
Our response:
Server Hardware Maintenance – Converge
Virtualisation Maintenance/Support/Licensing – VMWare
Storage Area Network Maintenance/Support – Synology & HPE
You asked:
4. Brand: Please state the brand of hardware or software
Our response:
Server Hardware Maintenance – Windows Server
Virtualisation Maintenance/Support/Licensing – VMWare
Storage Area Network Maintenance/Support – Windows Server
You asked:
5. Operating System / Software (Platform): (Windows, Linux, Unix, Vsphere, AIX, Solaris etc.) Please state the operating system used by the organisation.
Our response:
Server Hardware Maintenance – Windows Server
Virtualisation Maintenance/Support/Licensing – VMWare
Storage Area Network Maintenance/Support – Windows Server
You asked:
6. Annual Average Spend: Please provide me with the most recent annual spend for this contract?
Server Hardware Maintenance & Storage Area Network Maintenance/Support & Virtualisation Maintenance/Support/Licensing
Our response:
£90,000 excluding licencing
You asked:
7. Contract Duration: (Please can you also include notes if the contract includes any contract Extension periods.) 3Yr + 1
Our response:
Server Hardware Maintenance – 3 years + 1
Virtualisation Maintenance/Support/Licensing – 3 years
Storage Area Network Maintenance/Support – 3 years + 1
You asked:
8. Contract Expiry Date: Please can you provide me with the date of when the contract expires.
Our response:
Server Hardware Maintenance – February 2026
Virtualisation Maintenance/Support/Licensing – June 2025, migrating to Nutanix AHV (Expiring June 2027)
Storage Area Network Maintenance/Support – February 2026
You asked:
9. Contract Review Date: (An approximate date of when the organisation is planning to review this particular contract.)
Our response:
Server Hardware Maintenance – August 2025
Virtualisation Maintenance/Support/Licensing – December 2026
Storage Area Network Maintenance/Support – August 2025
You asked:
10. Purchase of Servers: Could you please provide me with the month and year in which most/bulk of servers were purchased.
Our response:
January 2022
You asked:
11. Number of Physical Server: Please can you provide me with the number of physical servers.
Our response:
23
You asked:
12. Number of Virtual Servers: Please can you provide me with the number of Virtual servers
Our response:
152
You asked:
13. Brief Contract Description: I require a brief description of the service provided under this contract. Please do not just put maintenance. I need at least a sentence.
Our response:
Infrastructure support and maintenance support for IT hardware
You asked:
14.Contract Owner: (The person from within the organisation that is responsible for reviewing and renewing this particular contract. Please include their full name, job title, direct contact number and direct email address.)
Jason Hillman, Head of IT Operations
0300 421 8100
Having carried out a public interest test, we apply the exemption, S(2) 36 – prejudice to effective conduct of public affairs.
Next steps:
Should you have any queries in relation to our response, please do not hesitate to contact us. If you are unhappy with the response you have received in relation to your request and wish to ask us to review our response, you should write to:
Louise Moss
Head of Legal Services / Associate Director of Corporate Governance
c/o Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Edward Jenner Court
1010 Pioneer Avenue
Gloucester Business Park
Brockworth, GL3 4AW
E-mail: louise.moss@ghc.nhs.uk
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