Competition with a shortlist
Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Hampshire County Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- XMA Limited
- Value
- £160,000
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Sector
- Office & computing equipment · Computer equipment and supplies (CPV 30200000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date25 Aug 2026
- Published23 Sep 2026Published 29 days after the contract date
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
About the supplier
XMA Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02051703).