← Back to opportunities

Virtual Servers

National Library of Scotland

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: National Library of Scotland

Buyer Address: George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, UKM, EH1 1EW

Contact Email: procurementteam@nls.uk

Contact Telephone: +44 1316233700

Status
complete
Procedure
limited
Value
551000.0 GBP
Published
21 Nov 2025, 00:00
Deadline
n/a
Contract Start
n/a
Contract End
n/a
Category
goods
CPV
48822000
Region
n/a
Awarded To
XMA Limited
Official Source
Open Public Contracts Scotland

Description

Supply of virtual servers hosting the Nutanix Solution to augment an existing virtual server environment.

Linked Documents

Some PCS documents require login and recording interest on the source portal before download links are available.

No linked documents found for this notice.

Opportunity Context

More Information Links

External Link: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=NOV544079

Link Title: Virtual Servers

Link Description: Supply of virtual servers hosting the Nutanix Solution to augment an existing virtual server environment.

Lots

Lot Description: This Procurement was carried out via a Non-Competitive Action (NCA) for technical (integration) reasons.

Lot 1 Status: complete

Lot 1 Has Options: No

Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): Quality

Documents

Document Title: Virtual Servers

Document Description: Supply of virtual servers hosting the Nutanix Solution to augment an existing virtual server environment.

Raw Notice JSON

Expand raw payload
{
  "awards": [
    {
      "id": "2025.26.049",
      "relatedLots": [
        "1"
      ],
      "suppliers": [
        {
          "id": "org-65",
          "name": "XMA Limited"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "bids": {
    "statistics": [
      {
        "id": "136",
        "measure": "bids",
        "relatedLot": "1",
        "value": 1.0
      },
      {
        "id": "137",
        "measure": "smeBids",
        "relatedLot": "1",
        "value": 0.0
      },
      {
        "id": "138",
        "measure": "foreignBidsFromEU",
        "relatedLot": "1",
        "value": 0.0
      },
      {
        "id": "139",
        "measure": "foreignBidsFromNonEU",
        "relatedLot": "1",
        "value": 1.0
      },
      {
        "id": "140",
        "measure": "electronicBids",
        "relatedLot": "1",
        "value": 1.0
      }
    ]
  },
  "buyer": {
    "id": "org-63",
    "name": "National Library of Scotland"
  },
  "contracts": [
    {
      "awardID": "2025.26.049",
      "dateSigned": "2025-10-22T00:00:00Z",
      "id": "2025.26.049",
      "status": "active",
      "value": {
        "amount": 551000.0,
        "currency": "GBP"
      }
    }
  ],
  "date": "2025-11-21T00:00:00Z",
  "description": "(SC Ref:815378)",
  "id": "rls-21-NOV544079",
  "initiationType": "tender",
  "language": "EN",
  "links": [
    {
      "href": "https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000815378",
      "rel": "canonical"
    }
  ],
  "ocid": "ocds-r6ebe6-0000815378",
  "parties": [
    {
      "address": {
        "locality": "Edinburgh",
        "postalCode": "EH1 1EW",
        "region": "UKM",
        "streetAddress": "George IV Bridge"
      },
      "contactPoint": {
        "email": "procurementteam@nls.uk",
        "telephone": "+44 1316233700",
        "url": "http://"
      },
      "details": {
        "classifications": [
          {
            "id": "Body governed by public law",
            "scheme": "TED_CA_TYPE"
          },
          {
            "description": "Recreation, culture and religion",
            "id": "08",
            "scheme": "COFOG"
          }
        ],
        "url": "http://www.nls.uk"
      },
      "id": "org-63",
      "identifier": {
        "legalName": "National Library of Scotland"
      },
      "name": "National Library of Scotland",
      "roles": [
        "buyer",
        "centralPurchasingBody"
      ]
    },
    {
      "address": {
        "locality": "Nottingham",
        "postalCode": "NG11 7EP",
        "region": "UKF14",
        "streetAddress": "Unit 44, Wilford Industrial Estate, Ruddington Lane,"
      },
      "contactPoint": {
        "faxNumber": "+44 1158464663",
        "telephone": "+44 1158464000"
      },
      "details": {
        "scale": "large",
        "url": "http://"
      },
      "id": "org-65",
      "identifier": {
        "legalName": "XMA Limited"
      },
      "name": "XMA Limited",
      "roles": [
        "supplier"
      ]
    },
    {
      "address": {
        "locality": "Edinburgh",
        "postalCode": "EH1 1LB",
        "streetAddress": "27 Chambers St"
      },
      "contactPoint": {
        "url": "http://"
      },
      "id": "org-13",
      "identifier": {
        "legalName": "Edinburgh Sheriff Court"
      },
      "name": "Edinburgh Sheriff Court",
      "roles": [
        "reviewBody"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tag": [
    "award",
    "contract"
  ],
  "tender": {
    "classification": {
      "id": "48820000",
      "scheme": "CPV"
    },
    "coveredBy": [
      "GPA"
    ],
    "description": "Supply of virtual servers hosting the Nutanix Solution to augment an existing virtual server environment.",
    "documents": [
      {
        "description": "Supply of virtual servers hosting the Nutanix Solution to augment an existing virtual server environment.",
        "documentType": "awardNotice",
        "format": "text/html",
        "id": "NOV544079",
        "title": "Virtual Servers",
        "url": "https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=NOV544079"
      }
    ],
    "id": "2025.26.049",
    "items": [
      {
        "additionalClassifications": [
          {
            "id": "48822000",
            "scheme": "CPV"
          }
        ],
        "deliveryAddresses": [
          {
            "region": "UKM82"
          }
        ],
        "deliveryLocation": {
          "description": "Kelvin Hall, Glasgow"
        },
        "id": "1",
        "relatedLot": "1"
      }
    ],
    "legalBasis": {
      "id": "32014L0024",
      "scheme": "CELEX"
    },
    "lots": [
      {
        "awardCriteria": {
          "criteria": [
            {
              "description": "100",
              "name": "Quality",
              "type": "quality"
            },
            {
              "description": "0",
              "type": "price"
            }
          ]
        },
        "description": "This Procurement was carried out via a Non-Competitive Action (NCA) for technical (integration) reasons.",
        "hasOptions": false,
        "id": "1",
        "status": "complete"
      }
    ],
    "mainProcurementCategory": "goods",
    "procurementMethod": "limited",
    "procurementMethodDetails": "Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition",
    "procurementMethodRationale": "The Library has an existing contract with XMA (contract number 2023.24.049) for the provision of virtual servers hosting the Nutanix Solution. This contract\u00e2\u0080\u0099s scope is scalable to allow the purchase of further servers and associated licenses / support, in anticipation of the Library making use of this pending the outcome of a cloud migration review. The expectation was that most of the Library\u00e2\u0080\u0099s new virtual storage needs would be covered by the move to the cloud. However, on concluding the review, the Library has found that such a move at the scale required would be prohibitively expensive and has therefore ruled it out. This has resulted in the unforeseeable scale at which the Library now has to extend the on-premise virtual server environment.\r\n The incumbent supplier (as per contract 2023.24.049) is the only one who has complete technical understanding of the current set-up and is therefore uniquely positioned to ensure seamless integration of the new servers into the existing complex server infrastructure.\u00e2\u0080\u00afThis is essential in order to give the Library the highest possible assurance that Cyber Security needs are not compromised during installation and operation of the new virtual servers.",
    "procurementMethodRationaleClassifications": [
      {
        "description": "The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons",
        "id": "D_TECHNICAL",
        "scheme": "TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL"
      }
    ],
    "status": "complete",
    "title": "Virtual Servers"
  }
}