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Datacentre hosting at Wightfibre

Isle of Wight Council · Transparency notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 2 Oct 2026, 13:37.

Opportunity overview

Rack space and hosting of IWC ICT equipment and services provided by Wightfibre, for our resilient secondary data centre which is currently provided by the NHS Trust at St Mary's Hospital.

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.

Wightfibre Limited

Matched by exact name
Published award value
£248k
Awarded
Not supplied
Award ID
1
Status
pending
Identifier
GB-PPON PXRP-5275-NNJR
Location
Cowes, Isle of Wight, UKJ34, PO31 7EU, 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
DN814283
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
Currently the Isle of Wight Council's second datacentre is located at St Mary's Hospital, Newport, IW where the local NHS Trust provides rack space, cooling and power facilities. This agreement was originally cost neutral and a mutual agreement between both organisations to utilise each other's datacentres for resiliency. The NHS had a change of strategy and did not want to pursue this and therefore started to charge the IWC for the service. This is now only in place until 31st July 2026. Following a thorough review, it has been confirmed that there are currently no Council owned sites and very limited options on the Island that are adequately equipped to host a data centre. Wightfibre have been identified as the only local company that can meet all of our requirements including secure rack space, hosting, resilient power, cooling and connectivity to County Hall (where the primary datacentre is located). It is important to note that any further delay or lack of decision increases the risk of service disruption, data centre resilience issues, and potential impact on critical Council operations. Proceeding with the Wightfibre option mitigates these risks and ensures a level of service continuation. The Council is issuing this UK5 Transparency Notice as per PA23 regulations and will also issue a UK6 Contract Award notice to begin standstill. This is intended to begin on 29 April 2026 and will conclude at midnight on 11 May 2026 with the contract anticipated to be signed from 12 May 2026.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Suitability

Sme
Yes

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Isle of Wight Council
Id
GB-PPON-PGYX-7387-YJXG

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PGYX-7387-YJXG

Address

Street Address
County Hall
Locality
Newport
Postal Code
PO30 1UD
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKJ34

Contact

Name
Lucy Chandler
Telephone
+44 1983821000

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Organisation 2
Name
Wightfibre Limited
Id
GB-PPON-PXRP-5275-NNJR

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PXRP-5275-NNJR

Address

Street Address
56 Love Lane
Locality
Cowes, Isle of Wight
Postal Code
PO31 7EU
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKJ34

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
sme
Vcse
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Title
Datacentre hosting at Wightfibre
Status
pending
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
72000000
Description
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKJ34
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Value

Including VAT
297,600
Amount
248,000
Currency
GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-PPON-PXRP-5275-NNJR
Name
Wightfibre Limited

Contract period

Starts
1 Aug 2026, 00:00
Ends
31 Jul 2031, 23:59

Related lots

1

Documents

Entry 1
Id
039252-2026
Document Type
awardNotice
Notice Type
UK5
Description
Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Published
29 Apr 2026, 14:24
Format
text/html

Milestones

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

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Newport · UKJ34 · PO30 1UD · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 039252-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·