UHI Millennium Institute Distributed Computing Service Suppliers

UHI PC, Server and Printer Suppliers List

A European Procurement has been carried out on behalf of the UHI partnership to identify a list of approved suppliers for UHI and partner PC, Server, Notebook and Printer requirements.

Following a detailed technical evaluation the following suppliers are proposed as the preferred suppliers for these requirements. A 'Yes' or a 'No' in the PCs, Servers, Notebook and Printers column indicates the procurement teams recommendation for that class of equipment from that supplier.

UHI partners wishing to price or order equipment should contact the companies listed below and talk to the people indicated stating that they are part of the UHI partnership in order to get access to the discount rates identified as part of this procurement exercise.

The following Partnership team are responsible for managing relations with these suppliers and will have regular review meetings with them.

• Drew Gregg: Applications Project Manager, UHI EO
• Euan Robertson: Senior Computing Technician, Shetland College
• Michael Turpie: Head of ICT, Perth College
• Mike Whittall: Computer & Audio Visual Services Manager, Inverness College

Manufacturer	Supply channel	PCs	Servers	Notebook	Printers	Notes
AKHTER Computers Ltd	Gavin Clucas (or Paul Tyler) AKHTER Computers Ltd Akhter House Perry Road Harlow Essex CM18 7PN Tel: 01279 821200 Fax: 01279 821300	Yes	No	No	No	AHKTER Desktop computers are recommended for 'flood filling' student computer laboratories.
Viglen Ltd	Mike Nind Viglen Ltd Viglen house Alpertn Lane Alperton Middlesex HA0 1DX Tel: 0181 758 7000 Fax: 0181 566 7105	Yes	No	Yes	No	Viglen Desktop computers are recommended for 'flood filling' student computer laboratories.
Bob Reid IBM Education Industry Business 1-10 Temple Way Bristol BS2 0JG Tel: 0117 929 5000 Fax: 0117 925 0308	Kevin Littlejohn SCC UNIT 7 Hermiston Gait Retail Park Cultins Road Edinburgh EH11 4DF Tel: 0131 339 0001 Fax: 0131 442 3394 {Note: IBM have requested to work through SCC as their distributor}	No	Yes	Yes	No	The UHI/IBM Account Manager is Shane Slater, {Contact Details to follow}. Shane can provide pricing through SCC for any of your requirements. If you need to contact Shane before I can provide his contact details, Greg Waugh is Shanes line manager within IBM and Gregs number is 0171 202 5893.
Hewlett Packard	Iain Silver DTP Group Pentlandfield Business Centre The Bush Roslin Midlothian EH25 9RE Tel: 0131 440 4725 Fax: 0131 440 2607	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	HP Desktop computers are recommended for power users, and in locations were space is a limitation. HP printers are the sole recommendation for supply of printers.