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PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITY

Virtual Servers

National Library of Scotland · compiled

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 13:14.

Opportunity overview

Supply of virtual servers hosting the Nutanix Solution to augment an existing virtual server environment.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

XMA Limited

Matched by exact name
Contract value
£551k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
21 Oct 2025
Award ID
076006-2025-2025.26.049-1
Status
active
Location
Nottingham, UKF14, NG11 7EP, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV48820000 — Servers
  • CPV48822000 — Computer servers

Lots

  • This Procurement was carried out via a Non-Competitive Action (NCA) for technical (integration) reasons.Value not stated

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
2025.26.049
Status
complete
Procurement Method
limited
Main Procurement Category
goods
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Why this procedure was chosen
The Library has an existing contract with XMA (contract number 2023.24.049) for the provision of virtual servers hosting the Nutanix Solution. This contract’s scope is scalable to allow the purchase of further servers and associated licenses / support, in anticipation of the Library making use of this pending the outcome of a cloud migration review. The expectation was that most of the Library’s new virtual storage needs would be covered by the move to the cloud. However, on concluding the review, the Library has found that such a move at the scale required would be prohibitively expensive and has therefore ruled it out. This has resulted in the unforeseeable scale at which the Library now has to extend the on-premise virtual server environment.

Covered By

GPA

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Classification

Id
48820000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Servers

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
D_TECHNICAL
Scheme
TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Description
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
cancelled
Has Options
No
Description
This Procurement was carried out via a Non-Competitive Action (NCA) for technical (integration) reasons.

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
Quality
Type
quality
Description
100
Criterion 2
Type
price
Description
0

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery Location

Description
Kelvin Hall, Glasgow

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKM82

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
48822000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Computer servers

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-FTS-9417
Name
National Library of Scotland

Roles

buyer
centralPurchasingBody

Address

Region
UKM
Locality
Edinburgh
Postal Code
EH1 1EW
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
George IV Bridge

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
BODY_PUBLIC
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Body governed by public law
Entry 2
Id
08
Scheme
COFOG
Description
Recreation, culture and religion

Identifier

Legal Name
National Library of Scotland

Contact

Name
Ines Byrne
Telephone
+44 1316233700
Organisation 2
Id
GB-FTS-167197
Name
XMA Limited

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKF14
Locality
Nottingham
Postal Code
NG11 7EP
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Unit 44, Wilford Industrial Estate, Ruddington Lane,

Details

Scale
large

Identifier

Legal Name
XMA Limited

Contact

Fax Number
+44 1158464663
Telephone
+44 1158464000
Organisation 3
Id
GB-FTS-1033
Name
Edinburgh Sheriff Court

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
Edinburgh
Country Name
United Kingdom

Identifier

Legal Name
Edinburgh Sheriff Court

Award information

Award 1
Id
076006-2025-2025.26.049-1
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-167197
Name
XMA Limited

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
076006-2025-2025.26.049-1
Status
active
Award ID
076006-2025-2025.26.049-1
Date Signed
22 Oct 2025, 00:00

Value

Amount
551,000
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Edinburgh · UKM · EH1 1EW · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKM82

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-05e644-2025-11-21T12:31:52Zcompiled ·