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ClosedStage · contract

BFI

BFI Certified Data Tape Stock - Invitation to Auction

Communications EquipmentCPV 32584000 30234000
Value£87k
Deadline15 Mar 2017
Published7 Mar 2017
RegionUK-wide
Timeline
Published 7 Mar 2017ClosedCloses 15 Mar 2017
Contract value in context
£87ktotal contract value
median £101k
this tender£0£2.9m

This sits in the lower-middle of the Radio, TV & Communications Equipment band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 6,686 valued Radio, TV & Communications Equipment tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

The BFI has a requirement for certified data tape stock.

The BFI's new Digital Preservation Infrastructure has a dual data library system, which incorporates separate, automated LTO6 and IBM TS1150 data tape robots.

Therefore, both LTO6 and IBM sets of stock are required to provide secure and resilient long term data preservation.

Certified stock is necessary to fulfil the performance and warrantee criteria essential to the very stringent requirements of the BFI DPI system.

Tape formats: LTO-6 2.5TB Spectralogic certified with pre-applied barcode labels and Terapack (pack of 10) 3592 JD Media Pack Spectralogic certified (TS1150 Technology) with pre-applied barcode labels and Terapack (pack of 9) The total requirement is as follows: 108 x LTO-6 2.5TB Spectralogic certified with pre-applied barcode labels and Terapack (pack of 10) 30 x 3592 JD Media Pack Spectralogic certified (TS1150 Technology) with pre-applied barcode labels and Terapack (pack of 9) This is a transparent reverse auction which will open at 14:00hrs (2pm) on Wednesday 15th March 2017 and will remain open for a period of 3 hours only, closing at 17:00hrs (5pm) on Wednesday 15th March 2017.

Key requirements

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Therefore, both LTO6 and IBM sets

Therefore, both LTO6 and IBM sets of stock are required to provide secure and resilient long term data preservation.

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41bf9f37-d9af-4bc7-9bbc-0691f3777fb1
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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2017/155
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