Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
We can confirm that Essex County Fire & Rescue Service does hold some of the information you have requested.
Questions and final response:
Question 1 – Contract Title: Please provide me with the contract title.
HPE Nimble Server Support
Question 2 –Type of Contracts (ABOVE): Please can you provide me with one or more contract types the contract relates to: Server Hardware, Virtualisation, SAN (Storage Area Network)
SAN and Hardware were consolidated for economies of scale.
Question 3 – Existing/Current Supplier: Please provide me with the supplier’s name for each contract.
Support Warehouse
Question 4 - Brand: Please state the brand of hardware or software.
Hewlett Packard, Nimble
Question 5 - Operating System / Software (Platform): (Windows, Linux, Unix, Vsphere, AIX, Solaris etc.) Please state the operating system used by the organisation.
Windows
Question 6 - Annual Average Spend: Please provide me with the most recent annual spend for this contract?
£58,000
Question 7 - Contract Duration: (Please can you also include notes if the contract includes any contract Extension periods)
12 months
Question 8 - Contract Expiry Date: Please can you provide me with the date of when the contract expires.
06.02.2025
Question 9 - Contract Review Date: (An approximate date of when the organisation is planning to review this particular contract.)
This service will be tendered so review is planned in September 2024.
Question 10 - Purchase of Servers: Could you please provide me with the month and year in which most/bulk of servers were purchased.
Purchased in November 2019
Question 11- Number of Physical Server: Please can you provide me with the number of physical servers.
30
Question 12 - Number of Virtual Servers: Please can you provide me with the number of Virtual servers.
124
Question 13 - Brief Contract Description: I require a brief description of the service provided under this contract. Please do not just put maintenance. I need at least a sentence.
Maintenance and support on Hardware and Software on HP Enterprise and Nimble servers
Question 14 – Contract Owner: (The person from within the organisation that is responsible for reviewing and renewing this particular contract. Please include their full name, job title, direct contact number and direct email address.)
Please contact the ICT Category Manager at contracts@essex-fire.gov.uk
We hope you find this information useful.
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