Maintenance and repair of mainframe computers

Tender description

The server and infrastrucure maintenance framework is a single supplier framework. The scope includes the following: — all server types, — local area network (LAN) switches, — tape drives and tape libraries, — keyboard video monitor switch (KVM), — network attached storage (NAS) devices, — storage area network (SAN), — uninterruptable power supplies (UPS). The authority, on behalf of Scottish Ministers have established a single-supplier national framework agreement for the provision of server and infrastructure maintenance. The key aims of the framework are to deliver efficient access to server and infrastructure maintenance to the Scottish public sector offering value for money. The scope of the new collaborative arrangement includes: Core services — all server types (in/out of warranty and end of life), — local area network (LAN) infrastructure, — tape drives and tape libraries, — keyboard video monitor switch (KVM), — network attached storage (NAS) devices, — storage area network (SAN), — uninterruptable power supplies (UPS). The framework agreement will be available for use by the Scottish Ministers (including Agencies), Scottish Non-Departmental Public Bodies, offices in the Scottish Administration which are not ministerial offices, cross-border public authorities within the meaning of Section 88(5) of the Scotland Act 1998, the Scotland Office, the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, councils constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, the Scottish Police Authority, Scottish health boards or special health boards, all NHS Scotland, The Integrated Joint Boards established further to the Public Bodies (Joint Working) Act 2014, bodies registered as social landlords under the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001, Student Loans Company Ltd, the Forestry Commission, the Commissioner of Northern Lighthouse operating as the Northern Lighthouse Board, Equality and Human Rights Commission, Business Stream Ltd, the Business Gateway National Unit at the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, further or higher education institutions being fundable bodies within the meaning of section 6 of the further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005, any public body established by or under the Scotland Act 1998 or any Act of the Scottish Parliament, any association of or formed by one or more of the foregoing, bodies financed wholly or mainly by one or more of the foregoing, bodies subject to management supervision by one or more of the foregoing and bodies more than half of the board of directors or members of which, or, in the case of a group of individuals, more than half of those individuals, being appointed by one or more of the foregoing. In addition to the contracting authorities listed, the framework agreement will be available to charities entered on the Scottish Charity Register and voluntary organisations entered on the membership database of the Scottish Council for voluntary organisations. Information about Scottish Public Bodies is available at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Government/public-bodies/about