Data Centre and Cloud Services

15 suppliers have been shortlisted to receive the Operational Requirement. The suppliers that have agreed for its name to be published are listed below:

Amtec

Cable & Wireless

Colt Telecom

Dell Corporation

Eduserv

Fujitsu

Hewlett Packard

InTechnology

Liberata UK

Logicalis

SCC

SunGard

Verizon

JANET(UK) wishes to establish a framework agreement with a maximum of eight suppliers to deliver a combination of infrastructure and services to JANET(UK) and other organisations connected to JANET. These services will comprise equipment co-location, virtual servers and those aspects of Cloud computer technology commonly referred to as IaaS and PaaS alongside complementary professional services to deliver these solutions.

Further information can be found in the Prequalification Questionnaire (PQQ) which is available electronically as a word file and an Adobe PDF file.

Suppliers should note that before submitting a response to the PQQ they must register their intent to do this with JANET(UK).

The steps and timetable for this procurement are as follows:

Activity	Date
Notice of procurement to European Journal	30th September 2011
Close of registration to take part in the shortlisting	28th October 2011
Final date for clarifications	24th October 2011
Prequalification questionnaire returns by	12:00 noon, 31st October 2011
Complete review of responses and shortlist suppliers to receive the Operational Requirement and standard form of agreement	12:00 Noon on  17th November 2011
Return of Operational Requirement responses	22nd December 2011
Selection of preferred suppliers	27th January 2012
Contracts placed with preferred suppliers	29th February 2012