Network Switches for Medicines Discovery Catapult
Medicines Discovery Catapult Limited
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Key details
Procurement
- 30000000 Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages
What happened
Medicines Discovery Catapult Limited awarded this contract to TRUSTMARQUE SOLUTIONS LIMITED worth £69,687 on 14 Nov 2025. The contract runs until 31 Dec 2028.
Description
MDC required network switches for its main office location as the current switch software goes end
of life in December 2025. The current switches are a combination of Mellanox SN2410
(25Gbps/100Gbps) and EdgeCore 4610 and 5812 (1G and 10G respectively) running Cumulus Linux.
The SN2410 switches are the Core switches, also servicing servers and storage. The 4610 and 5812
switches are Edge switches servicing clients.
These were to include
- 2x Core switches for the network and servers
- 2x 10Gbps Edge switches
- 8x 1Gbps Edge switches
- Any required optics for connections to ISPs and interconnections between switches
- All required licenses and warranties for a minimum of 3 years.
The switches proposed by suppliers must have been from a manufacturer included as 'Leaders' in the
Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Wired and Wireless LAN 2024 - ie. Juniper, HPE Aruba, Extreme, Fortinet, or Cisco.
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