Procurement Summary
Country: United Kingdom
Summary: Virtual Environment Infrastructure
Deadline: 16 Feb 2026
Posting Date: 20 Dec 2025
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Notice Type: Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 132397299
Document Ref. No.: RHC-40
Financier: Self Financed
Purchaser Ownership: Public
Tender Value: Refer Document
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Please note that this advert will be closed on 18th January 2026. No further expressions of interest will be accepted after this date. 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. Any alternative solution must be able to work with: • Microsoft Windows • SQL Server • Mitel solutions • Sophos • Linux • Cent OS Scope The supplier is required to: • To analyse the current environment to get a good understanding of what may be needed for the new solution(s) and for upgrading the VMWare • Provide presentation of alternative solution(s) • Provision of hardware for the new solution or upgrade of VMWare. • Supplying, installing and configuring the new solution or upgrade of VMWare • Migrate server and data from current system to the new solution or VMWare. • Training staff on new solution (if the system is not VMWare). • Test environment...
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