# VIRTUAL DESKTOP INFRASTRUCTURE \(VDI\) SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE SOLUTION FOR WEST MIDLANDS FIRE & RESCUE AUTHORITY

> 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: £99,880
- Tender value: £99,880
- Award date: 28 July 2017
- Published: 1 September 2017
- Contract start: 1 August 2017
- Contract end: 20 July 2022
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 378004f6-3c26-4cf4-938e-0db06ba0bf2d-168859
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-f8795311-9d91-45a8-b1c2-a7f9f6dad024

## Description

West Midlands Fire & Rescue Authority \(WMFRA\) ICT are looking to move to a VDI platform to replace our Station based PC's, we are therefore looking at procuring the server hardware necessary to support 240 VDI Task Workers with built in resilience\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/378004f6-3c26-4cf4-938e-0db06ba0bf2d-168859)