PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

Data Storage Platform

How to read contract values: notice stages, dates and worked examples

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council · published 20 Oct 2026. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

Contracts Finder release ID82bfbb95-a9b2-45b9-bc5b-f8c1ae13ec97-918381
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-00054fcd-4b5d-4eaf-9b60-b58eb6b34ce0
Buyer identifierGB-LAE-ROT
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

A tender estimate and an award value answer different questions. Neither is treated as cash paid.

Award value
£481,903
award field
Tender value
£481,903
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a framework agreement
Category
goods
CPV
48000000
Software package and information systems
Delivery
Yorkshire and the Humber, United Kingdom
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

The Council requires an accredited supplier to design, supply, install and deploy a new enterprise class data storage platform to replace the existing NetApp environment. The scope includes full end to end delivery, covering solution design, hardware and software provision, configuration, data migration, and the implementation of a resilient, scalable storage platform. The supplier must also provide ongoing third line technical support to maintain continuous availability, resilience and performance

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

Reported dates, without an invented lifecycle.

The current projection contains one award release, not a verified chain of planning, tender, award, contract and modification records. Dates are shown in source-field order and are not silently repaired.

Source-date conflictAt least one reported end date precedes its corresponding start date. Check the official notice before using the schedule.
  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release20 Oct 2026
  2. 02Tender period startsTender-period field as published30 Sept 2026
  3. 03Tender period endsTender-period field as published30 Apr 2026End precedes start · verify
  4. 04Contract startsContract-period field as published30 Sept 2026
  5. 05Contract endsContract-period field as published30 Sept 2031
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

Published names and exact identifiers

A company profile appears only when this release carries a usable company number. Name-only suppliers remain name-only.

SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 20 Oct 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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