To provide Yorkshire Housing with a Hyper Converged Infrastructure which is resiliently provisioned across 2 locations. This is Lot 1.

Lot 2 is for the provision of a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure which operates across the Hyper Converged Infrastructure that is provided through Lot 1.

The provision of a Tier 1 — Hyper Converged Infrastructure platform to support:

— YH business applications.

— YH virtual desktop solution (to be delivered via Lot 2).

— Migration of the current estate onto the Hyper Converged Infrastructure platform.

— Provision of Disaster Recovery/Backup solutions or services.

Note: YH will consider other platforms that are not Hyper Converged but bidders must demonstrate how they will meet the key goals described below.

— Performance — YH require improved levels of performance for their business applications and virtual desktops.

— Scalability — The solutions must be easily scalable to accommodate future growth.

— Disaster Recovery — Improved Disaster Recovery and Backup capability must form a part of the solution.

— Resources — The solutions must demonstrate that they will reduce the amount of internal ICT resource required to maintain the infrastructure.

— Cost — Value for money must be demonstrated.

The provision of a virtual desktop environment.

— YH currently has 557 thin client terminals (IGEL) that will be retained as the primary desktop device. These are spread across 75 locations with the majority being in the Leeds head office.

— YH currently has approx. 900 users requiring access from the above terminals, from personal home PCs and from mobile devices.

— The new environment will be either a shared virtual desktop environment or an individual virtual desktop or, the full solution may be a combination of both.

— The new environment must replace the existing Citrix virtual desktop environment. It must also replace approx. 20 PCs located in the ICT department and used for system management/development.

Must run from the platform to be delivered via Lot 1.

Virtual desktop must be Windows 10 look/feel, Office 2016 and Office 365 integration.

Must provide access to all YH business applications and administration tools.

Provision of Disaster Recovery/Backup solutions or services for this environment.

Must also provide a management infrastructure to support laptop PCs (patching, configuration, installs, monitoring etc.).

— YH currently has approx. 6 laptops.

— The extension of the laptop estate is a future requirement for which a management solution is required.