# Hyperconverged Software and Hardware Solution for West Midlands Fire & Rescue Authority - Framework RM3733

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [West Midlands Fire Service](/buyers/west-midlands-fire-service/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Insight Direct UK Ltd](/contract-winners/insight-direct-uk/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £0
- Tender value: £103,978
- Award date: 27 April 2017
- Published: 13 June 2017
- Contract start: 1 May 2017
- Contract end: 31 May 2022
- Stage: awarded
- Notice ID: 68573091-271d-499d-9988-a877fe84056b-154113
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-9a25a60b-548f-42c8-a5ee-1fe2ef08baaf

## Description

West Midlands Fire & Rescue Authority \(WMFRA\) ICT are looking to virtualise our entire server farm and at the same time replace our aging Storage Area Network, we have determined that the best fit for WMFRA is to move to a Hyper Converged solution that will simply our current infrastructure\. We currently have a number of hypervisors in use \(ESXi, KVM and Hyper-V\) are would like to standardise on one hypervisor

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/68573091-271d-499d-9988-a877fe84056b-154113)