Contract award · 15 Oct 2025

Provision of IBM Storage Protect and IBM Spectrum Scale Licensing & Support

National Oceanography Centre awarded “Provision of IBM Storage Protect and IBM Spectrum Scale Licensing & Support” to Softcat PLC for £158k on 15 Oct 2025.

Software & information systemsSouth East

Value £158k
WinnerSoftcat PLC

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Key facts

Supplier
Softcat PLC
Value
£158,275.19
Procedure
Call-off from a framework agreement
Sector
Software & information systems · Backup or recovery software package (CPV 48710000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date15 Oct 2025
  2. Published15 Jan 2026Published 92 days after the contract date

Description

The NOC completed a call off from the NHS SBS10256 Framework for the provision of Spectrum & Storage protect licences and associated services. These licences cover the provisioning across both NOC sites and is critical to the maintenance of the server infrastructure at the NOC.

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