# SD-WAn Vmware

> 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: [softcat Plc](/contract-winners/softcat/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £345,000
- Tender value: £334,000
- Award date: 2 March 2023
- Published: 3 April 2023
- Contract start: 3 March 2023
- Contract end: 1 March 2026
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 734bdb50-97cc-4ca2-b25b-3e3ced655e02-631378
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-d8f2043b-f7e6-4232-8925-0cdc914d44be

## Description

• Dynamic Multipath Optimization\. VMWare's proprietary protocol to identify traffic by application and choose the optimum route in real-time\. • Per-packet steering\. DMPO performs continuous, unidirectional measurements of performance metrics: loss, latency, and jitter of every packet\. • Cloud-hosted Gateways\. A 3 year contract with an option to extend for a further 2 years has been awarded\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/734bdb50-97cc-4ca2-b25b-3e3ced655e02-631378)