This is a request for information that relates to the organisation’s contracts around ICT contract(s) for Server Hardware Maintenance, Server Virtualisation Licenses and Maintenance and Storage Area Network (SAN) Maintenance/Support, which may include:
● Server Hardware Maintenance- contracts relating to the support and maintenance of the organisation’s physical servers.
● Virtualisation Maintenance/Support/ Licensing (VMware, Solaris, Unix, Linux, Windows Server)
● Storage Area Network Maintenance/Support (EMC, NetApp etc)
For each of the type of contract described above, please can you provide me with the following data. If there is more than one contract, please split the information for each separate supplier this includes annual spend

1. Contract Title:
• Microsoft EA (Virtualisation Licensing)
• Microsoft Unified Support (Virtualisation Support)
• HPE Support and Maintenance (Server & SAN)
• Park Place Technologies (Server & SAN)

2. Type of Contracts (ABOVE):
• Microsoft EA (Virtualisation Licensing)
• Microsoft Unified Support (Virtualisation Support)
• HPE Support and Maintenance (Server & SAN)
• Park Place Technologies (Server & SAN)

3. Existing/Current Supplier:
Microsoft, HPE, Park Place

4. Brand:
Microsoft & HPE

5. Operating System / Software (Platform): (Windows, Linux, Unix, vSphere, AIX, Solaris etc.) Please state the operating system used by the organisation:
Windows, Linux

6. Annual Average Spend: Please provide me with the most recent annual spend for this contract?
• Microsoft EA: £820,499.13
• Microsoft Unified Support: £86,511.59
• HPE: £3719.95
• Park Place Technologies: £1424.64

7. Contract Duration: (Please can you also include notes if the contract includes any contract Extension periods.)
• Microsoft EA: 1 year
• Microsoft Unified Support: 1 year
• HPE: 3 years
• Park Place Technologies:1 year

8. Contract Expiry Date: Please can you provide me with the date of when the contract expires.
• Microsoft EA: 31/03/2024
• Microsoft Unified Support: 31/05/2023
• HPE: 22/04/2024
• Park Place Technologies: 01/09/2023

9. Contract Review Date: (An approximate date of when the organisation is planning to review this particular contract.)
• Microsoft EA: 31/09/2023
• Microsoft Unified Support: 28/02/2023
• HPE: 22/10/2023
• Park Place Technologies: 31/06/2023

10. Purchase of Servers: Could you please provide me with the month and year in which most/bulk of servers were purchased.
April 2021

11. Number of Physical Server: Please can you provide me with the number of physical servers.
10

12. Number of Virtual Servers: Please can you provide me with the number of Virtual servers’ servers.
130

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.
• Microsoft EA: Microsoft Enterprise agreement, covering all Microsoft licensing
• Microsoft Unified Support: Microsoft support agreement, covering support for all Microsoft purchased products
• HPE: 3 year 24x7 hardware support (Server & SAN)
• Park Place Technologies: 24x7x4 hardware support (Server & SAN)

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.)
Glynn Davies, Head of IT, Glynn.Davies@wokingham.gov.uk