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Virtual Environment Infrastructure

Royal Hospital Chelsea · Contract award notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 1 Oct 2026, 19:21.

Opportunity overview

The Royal Hospital Chelsea is looking to upgrade/change the current virtual environment. The current virtual environment is hosted on a VMWare platform by 3 Host (cluster), hosting a total of 27 servers and two Non-federated SAN. Though we are happy with VMWare as a solution, constant changes on price for licenses and difficult access to support has made us want to look for alternative solutions, like Nutanix, that can provide scalability, easy management, great security, fault tolerance, good analytics across the environment. We are requesting from the supplier to provide the Royal Hospital Chelsea with a quote for VMWare, Nutanix and another alternative solution. For comparison, pros and cons.

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.

SOFTCAT PLC

Matched by number
Published award value
£166.7k
Awarded
21 Apr 2026
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH 02174990
Location
Marlow, UKJ13, SL7 1LW, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

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
RHC-40
Status
complete
Procurement Method
open
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Royal Hospital Chelsea
Id
GB-PPON-PHMD-6978-XGQN

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PHMD-6978-XGQN

Address

Street Address
Royal Hospital Road
Locality
London
Postal Code
SW3 4SR
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI33

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Organisation 2
Name
SOFTCAT PLC
Id
GB-COH-02174990

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
02174990

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PZRT-9169-TVMT

Address

Street Address
Solar House, Fieldhouse Lane
Locality
Marlow
Postal Code
SL7 1LW
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKJ13

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
sme
Vcse
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Title
Virtual Environment Infrastructure
Status
active
Date
22 Apr 2026, 00:00
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
No
Has Renewal
Yes
Assessment Summaries Date Sent
23 Apr 2026, 00:00

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
72222300
Description
Information technology services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKI
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Value

Including VAT
166,732
Currency
GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-02174990
Name
SOFTCAT PLC

Contract period

Starts
26 May 2026, 00:00
Ends
25 May 2029, 23:59
Max Extent Date
25 May 2031, 23:59

Renewal

Description
2 x 1 year option periods

Related lots

1

Documents

Entry 1
Id
046762-2026
Document Type
awardNotice
Notice Type
UK6
Description
Contract award notice on Find a Tender
Published
21 May 2026, 09:08
Format
text/html

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Due
25 May 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · UKI33 · SW3 4SR · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 046762-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·