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ClosedStage · contract

BFI

Certified Data Tape Stock - Invitation to Auction

Office & Computing EquipmentCPV 30000000 30200000 30230000 32000000 32500000 32580000
Value£32k
Deadline21 Oct 2019
Published18 Oct 2019
RegionUK-wide
Timeline
Published 18 Oct 2019ClosedCloses 21 Oct 2019
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£32ktotal contract value
median £95k
this tender£0£2.0m

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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.

The total requirement is as follows: 47 x LTO-6 2.5TB Spectralogic certified with pre-applied barcode labels and Terapack (pack of 10) 13 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 Tuesday 22nd October 2019 and will remain open for a period of 1 hour only, closing at 15:00hrs (3pm) on Tuesday 22nd October 2019.

The winning bidder, for goods required under this Invitation to Auction must be able to deliver the required items before the end of October 2019.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

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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.

02

The winning bidder, for goods required under

The winning bidder, for goods required under this Invitation to Auction must be able to deliver the required items before the end of October 2019.

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OCID
efcb0a47-ab3c-4258-9144-49eadc673673
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
Contracts Finder
Buyer ref
2019/214
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