Provision of Virtual Environment for Cambridge Regional College
Estimated value
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Awarded value
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Suppliers
1
Lots
1
Published
19 May 2026
Description
Cambridge Regional College is a leading further education college and is committed to serving the people of Cambridgeshire and the surrounding area. The College’s current virtual environment is now 10 years old. It hosts 42 virtual machines supporting over 4000 endpoints and is overdue for replacement. We are inviting suppliers to propose a replacement solution to cover architecture and scalability, backup and Disaster recovery, security, migration plan. For tenderer instructions including tender deadlines please refer to Document 1. Invitation to Tender .
Scope
- Reference
- CRC/VE/Supplier Name/2026
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 14 Jul 2026 to 14 Aug 2031
- CPV classifications
- 3242400072222300
- Contract locations
- East of England, United Kingdom
Award criteria
Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.
| Name | Description | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Proposed Solution | Solution Specification including implementation to include architectural diagrams | quality | — |
| Aftersales/Customer Support | Warranty, Initial and ongoing Support Contract including reporting mechanisms and named appointed account manager | quality | — |
| Social/Added Value/Environmental 5% | Social/Added Value, Environmental Impact | quality | — |
| Cost of Ownership | Cost of service provision. This is to include all costs associated with providing the service. | cost | — |
Submission & procedure
- Procedure
- Open procedure
Award details
Awarded supplier(s), contract period and value as published in the award notice.
Awarded value
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Award date
13 May 2026
Contract start
14 Jul 2026
Contract end
14 Aug 2031