FOI Request 2022

Subject: ICT Contracts for Server Hardware Maintenance, Server Virtualisation Licences and Maintenance and Storage Area Network (SAN) Maintenance/Support

Status: Complete

Date received: June 2024


Question Asked:

This is a request for information that relates to the organisation’s contracts around ICT contract(s) for Server Hardware Maintenance, Server Virtualisation Licenses and Maintenance and Storage Area Network (SAN) Maintenance/Support, which may include:

- Server Hardware Maintenance- contracts relating to the support and maintenance of the organisation’s physical servers.
-  Virtualisation Maintenance/Support/ Licensing  (VMware, Solaris, Unix, Linux, Windows Server)
-   Storage Area Network Maintenance/Support  (EMC, NetApp etc)

 For each of the types of contract described above, please can you provide me with the following data. If there is more than one contract please split the information for each separate supplier this includes annual spend

1. Contract Title: Please provide me with the contract title.
2. Type of Contracts (ABOVE): Please can you provide me with one or more contract types the contract relates to: Server Hardware, Virtualisation, SAN (Storage Area Network)
3. Existing/Current Supplier:  Please provide me with the supplier name for each contract.
4. Brand:  Please state the brand of hardware or software 
5. Operating System / Software (Platform): (Windows, Linux, Unix, Vsphere, AIX, Solaris etc.) Please state the operating system used by the organisation.
6. Annual Average Spend: Please provide me with the most recent annual spend for this contract?
7. Contract Duration: (Please can you also include notes if the contract includes any contract Extension periods.)
 8. Contract Expiry Date: Please can you provide me with the date of when the contract expires.
 9. Contract Review Date: (An approximate date of when the organisation is planning to review this particular contract.)
 10. Purchase of Servers: Could you please provide me with the month and year in which most/bulk of servers were purchased.
 11. Number of Physical Server: Please can you provide me with the number of physical servers.
 12. Number of Virtual Servers: Please can you provide me with the number of Virtual servers
 13. Brief Contract Description: I require a brief description of the service provided under this contract. Please do not just put maintenance. I need at least a sentence.
  14.Contract Owner: (The person from within the organisation that is responsible for reviewing and renewing this particular contract. Please include their full name, job title, direct contact number and direct email address.)


Our Response:

Cheshire Fire only have 1 contract, Server Support (Healthcheck), reference number CPA/SPU/2252F, which covers server support and is more for professional service time for upgrades etc. Cheshire Fire Authority IT Services provide all day to day support.

To view this contract, it is publicly available on the following public contract database;

The database can be searched using the contract name or reference number,  please select the ‘Show ALL’ option rather than ‘All Current Contracts’.


Outcome: Referred to Website

FOI responded to within timescales: YES

Further action: NO

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Last updated: Friday, 30 January 2026


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