Awarded contract

LOAD BALANCING AND APPLICATION DELIVERY CONTROLLER PROVISION 2026 - 2031

Details

Buyer: Hampshire County Council
Supplier(s): XMA LIMITED
Value: £160,000
Duration: 5 years
Topic: Computer equipment and supplies
Published: 23 September 2026
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

The existing contract for the support and maintenance of Load Balancers and Application Delivery Controllers (ADCs) is due to expire in May 2027. HCC is looking to replace it's current application delivery controller (ADC) technology. This project will purchase hardware, and subsequently design, build and migrate services over to the new solution. The hardware load balancers will be configured in both data centres as production and continuity environments. Additionally, our test environment will be hosted on our current hypervisor virtualization technology. All load balancers will be configured in a High Availability state to ensure services remain operational and accessible even with failures of disruptions. Additional information: This requirement was procured using the GCA Technology Products and Associated Services 2 Framework - Lot 1

Timeline

Completed: Award date4 September 2026
Completed: Award published23 September 2026
Current notice
Next: Contract expiry date3 September 2031in 5 years

About the buyer

Hampshire County Council buys as a local authority through its own Strategic Procurement Team. The same team also procures for district, borough and parish councils and national park authorities across Hampshire. A separate Strategic Frameworks Team runs works and professional services framework agreements for public authorities across the South.

Over the past 5 years, most of Hampshire County Council's contract awards have been in construction work, education and training and health and social work.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@hampshire-county-council.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@hampshire-county-council.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@hampshire-county-council.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@hampshire-county-council.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@hampshire-county-council.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@hampshire-county-council.gov