BOXXE LIMITED

boxxe - HPE Greenlake Flex Solutions: HPE Tech Care Service

The Service provides an on-premises, cloud-like pay-per-use model. The service integrates HPE servers, storage, networking, and software at customer sites. It includes enhanced incident management, capacity planning, and metering tools to monitor consumption, ensuring a fully installed and ready-to-consume IT environment.

Features

• Startup phases include transition, physical implementation, configuration of onboarding.
• Ongoing usage monitoring, capacity planning, and platform-based inventory reporting.
• Base product support
• Integrated processes for addressing hardware/software incidents with expert support.
• Multiple service experience levels, including assigned HPE resources.

Benefits

• Reduces deployment times via pre-installed, instantly activatable local buffer capacity.
• Eliminates procurement delays through proactive forecasting with dedicated account teams.
• Minimizes operational burdens by outsourcing hardware installation and maintenance tasks.
• Accelerates incident resolution using 15-minute response goals for critical issues.
• Optimizes financial forecasting through automated metering and granular usage portals.
• Simplifies inventory management via a centralized dashboard for all services.
• Reduces business risk by keeping sensitive data secure on-premises.
• Streamlines change management through coordinated service relationship management layers.

• Education pricing available

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

Request an accessible format

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Framework

G-Cloud 15

Service ID

409655728911344

Contact

Abdul Rokim
01347 812100
tenders@boxxe.com

About your service

• Service categories:

  Systems Infrastructure Software

  System and service management

  • IT operations management
  • IT service management

  IT automation and configuration management

  • Workload management
  • Datacentre system and application control
• Multi cloud support: Yes

Service scope

• Software add-on or extension: No
• Cloud deployment model:
  • Private cloud
  • Hybrid cloud
• Service constraints: English delivery only: Remote service delivery is provided exclusively in English.; Geographic restrictions: Services are limited to one IT organization per country.; On-site limitations: Delivery excludes on-site support for specific service management activities.; Excluded devices: Services apply only to products listed in the agreement.; Standard hours: Relationship management occurs during standard local business hours.; Third-party software: Support is limited to the included software products specified.; Internal system maintenance: Excludes software updates and maintenance within the Customer's environment.; Environment restoration: Excludes restoration of the environment or data from backups.; Site preparation: Excludes data centre preparation, power, and cooling infrastructure requirements.
• System requirements: Metering VM

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: Yes
• Support response times: Tiered support response system based on incident severity. Users have access to support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.; • Severity 1 & 2 (Critical and High Impact respectively): connection to a product specialist or provide a callback within 15 minutes (Critical: critical business impact, eg, production environment being down or data loss; High: limited business impact where the production environment is available but some functions are restricted or degraded).; • Severity 3 (Low): typically 1 hour for general software and technical support )Low: no immediate business impact, eg, questions, requests for information, or issues with non-production systems).
• User can manage status and priority of support tickets: Yes
• Online ticketing support accessibility: WCAG 2.2 AA
• Phone support: Yes
• Phone support availability: 24 hours, 7 days a week
• Web chat support: Yes
• Web chat support availability: 24 hours, 7 days a week
• Web chat support accessibility standard: EN 301 549
• Web chat accessibility testing: Available through the HPE Support Center portal.
• Onsite support: Yes
• Support levels: Technical Account Manager only available under Complete Care service. Cloud Support engineer not available under Complete Care service offer. ; Please refer to the Service Definition document
• Support available to third parties: Yes
• AI chatbot: Yes

Onboarding and offboarding

• Getting started: Startup consists of three phases:; 1.1 Transition upon execution of the Agreement, delivery of Services commences with this activity which assigns the account team responsible for delivery of the Service. A kick-off meeting with the assigned account team is conducted and handover from sales to delivery commences. The account team co-ordinates pre-delivery activities, including scheduling the delivery of infrastructure necessary to deliver the Services.; 1.2 Implementation will provide the physical implementation of Services at a data center(s) owned or managed by the Customer, or at an HPE GreenLake contracted colocation facility. Implementation will provide a fully installed and ready to consume environment.; 1.3 Onboarding as part of this, the metering tools are configured to regularly monitor the consumption of Services and provide this data into the HPE platform portal. The periodic services measurements are used as the basis for creating the monthly charge for the Customer’s consumption. If portions of the Service are not metered, a billing process will be documented outlining the agreed-upon billing process. An orientation session will be provided on HPE platform so the Customer can use the capacity measurement tools to electronically view their usage and understand the processes to contact support.
• Service documentation: Yes
• Documentation formats: PDF
• End-of-contract data extraction: Please refer to the Terms & Conditions for this listing
• End-of-contract process: Please refer to the Terms & Conditions for this listing
• Documentation accessibility standard: EN 301 549

Using the service

• Web browser interface: Yes
• Supported browsers: Other
• Application to install: No
• Designed for use on mobile devices: No
• Service interface: No
• User support accessibility: None or don’t know
• API: No
• Customisation available: No

Scaling

• Independence of resources: Please refer to the SSD document for this listing

Analytics

• Service usage metrics: Yes
• Metrics types: Service Activity Review (ticket volumes) reporting provided via the Complete Care Service
• Reporting types:
  • Real-time dashboards
  • Regular reports
  • Reports on request
• Resource tagging: No
• FOCUS resource tagging: No

Resellers

• Supplier type: Reseller providing extra support
• Organisation whose services are being resold: HPE

Staff security

• Staff security clearance: Other security clearance
• Government security clearance: Developed Vetting (DV)

Asset protection

• Knowledge of data storage and processing locations: Yes
• Data storage and processing locations:
  • United Kingdom
  • European Economic Area (EEA)
• User control over data storage and processing locations: Yes
• Datacentre security standards: Managed by a third party
• Penetration testing frequency: At least once a year
• Penetration testing approach: Another external penetration testing organisation
• Protecting data at rest: Other
• Other data at rest protection approach: Please refer to the SSD document for this listing
• Data sanitisation process: Yes
• Equipment disposal approach: In-house destruction process
• Data sanitisation type: Physical Destruction / Hardware containing data is completely destroyed

Data importing and exporting

• Data export approach: Please refer to the SSD document for this listing
• Data export formats: Other
• Other data export formats: Please refer to the SSD document for this listing
• Data import formats: Other
• Other data import formats: Please refer to the SSD document for this listing

Data-in-transit protection

• Data protection between buyer and supplier networks: Other
• Other protection between networks: Please refer to the SSD document for this listing
• Data protection within supplier network: Other
• Other protection within supplier network: Please refer to the SSD document for this listing

Availability and resilience

• Guaranteed availability: Please refer to the SSD document for this listing
• Approach to resilience: Please refer to the SSD document for this listing
• Outage reporting: Please refer to the SSD document for this listing

Identity and authentication

• User authentication needed: Yes
• User authentication: Other
• Other user authentication: Please refer to the SSD document for this listing
• Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels: Please refer to the SSD document for this listing
• Access restriction testing frequency: At least once a year
• Management access authentication: Other
• Description of management access authentication: Please refer to the SSD document for this listing

Audit information for users

• Access to user activity audit information: No audit information available
• Access to supplier activity audit information: No audit information available
• How long system logs are stored for: Between 1 month and 6 months

Security governance

• Named board-level person responsible for service security: Yes
• Security governance certified: Yes
• Security governance standards: ISO/IEC 27001
• Information security policies and processes: Please refer to the SSD document for this listing
• Software Security Code of Practice: Yes

Operational security

• Configuration and change management standard: Complies with a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v4.0 or SSAE-18 / ISAE 3402
• Configuration and change management approach: Please refer to the SSD document for this listing
• Vulnerability management type: Supplier-defined controls
• Vulnerability management approach: Please refer to the SSD document for this listing
• Protective monitoring type: Undisclosed
• Protective monitoring approach: Please refer to the SSD document for this listing
• Incident management type: Undisclosed
• Incident management approach: Please refer to the SSD document for this listing
• Post-quantum cryptography secure: No

Secure development

• Approach to secure software development best practice: Independent review of processes (for example CESG CPA Build Standard, ISO/IEC 27034, ISO/IEC 27001 or CSA CCM v4.0)

Public sector networks

• Connection to public sector networks: No

Pricing

• Discount for educational organisations: Yes
• Free trial available: No

Discount percentage by annual call-off contract value (excluding VAT)

• Less than £250,000: 0%
• Between £250,000 and £500,000: 0%
• Between £500,001 and £1,000,000: 0%
• Between £1,000,001 and £2,500,000: 0%
• Between £2,500,001 and £5,000,000: 0%
• Over £5,000,001: 0%

Non-mandatory Standards and certifications

• ISO/IEC 27001 certification: Yes
• Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001: Bureau Veritas Certification Holding SAS - UK Branch
• ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date: Thursday 20 March 2025
• What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover: This ISO certification covers the following: ; The provision of the boxxe IMS is the protection of boxxe and its client’s sensitive; information for the secure design and development, maintenance and support of; boxxe infrastructure. The IMS covers all our business activities provided to the; corporate and public sector organisations with hardware, software, and services; across a range of technologies including hosting solutions and infrastructure; management, datacentre, Hardware and Network components, IT Consultancy,; Support services including a 24hr SOC, workplace and security through our Platform, Workplace, Security, Data and Digital Hubs.
• ISO 28000:2022 certification: No
• ISO 9001 certification: Yes
• Who accredited the ISO 9001 certification: Bureau Veritas Certification Holding SAS - UK Branch
• ISO 9001 accreditation date: Wednesday 29 January 2025
• What the ISO 9001 doesn’t cover: The ISO 9001 certification covers the Secure design and development, maintenance and support of Boxxe infrastructure. Provision of hosting solutions, infrastructure management, datacentre, hardware and network components, IT consultancy, 24hr security operations centre.
• Quality management systems (QMS): Yes
• CSA STAR certification: No
• PCI certification: No
• Cyber essentials: Yes
• Please provide your Cyber Essentials Certificate Number: Ac8b5c76-ae90-4a86-b680-e7199db14911
• Cyber essentials plus: Yes
• Please provide your Cyber Essentials Plus Certificate Number: 8f30cbc9-1d85-4619-aa5b-5d906f7fe25a
• Other security certifications: No

Social value

• Section B - Commitment for Future: Delivery:

  • Mission: Kick start economic growth. To secure the highest sustained growth in the G7 - with good jobs and productivity growth in every part of the country making everyone, not just a few, better off.

    Policy Outcome 1: Fair work: That offers fair wages and good working conditions. Help people get a job, stay in work, and progress in their careers, with good employment opportunities across the country. Notes: Where there is a large proportion of labour costs in the contract, commercial teams should consider MAC in Outcome 1 as a priority

    • New or retained jobs on the contract workforce in the relevant area that meet the criteria set out in MAC 1b, 1c and 1d
    • Providing opportunities for, and measuring and monitoring of, staff workforce conditions over time, including employee engagement, involvement in decision-making and satisfaction and adapting to any changes in the results, with clear processes for acting on issues identified
    • Plans to engage the contract workforce in deciding the most important workplace issues to address
    • Employment contracts that reflect actual hours worked; steps taken to ensure employees understand their contracts and have the ability to review and adjust them if actual hours regularly exceed contracted hours
    • Activities that support an environment where staff are educated about, and feel empowered to, address their physical wellbeing
    • Activities that support an environment where staff are educated about and feel empowered to report and address bullying and harassment
    • Activities to cascade good practice on fair working conditions throughout the supply chain
    • Payment of more than the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage (as appropriate) to the contract workforce
    • Monitoring and reporting of gender and ethnicity pay gaps and plans to address them where necessary
    • Understanding of in-work progression issues affecting the market, industry or sector relevant to the contract, and in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key sub-contractors
    • Measures to support in-work progression to help people in the contract workforce, to move into higher paid work by developing new skills relevant to the contract
    • Support for the contract workforce by providing career advice, and providing opportunities for staff working on the contract with in-work progression career development into known skills shortages or high growth areas
    • Support for educational attainment relevant to the contract, including training schemes that address skills gaps and result in recognised qualifications
    • Volunteering opportunities for staff
    • Understanding of the modern slavery risks and issues affecting the market, industry, sector or country (of origin or of source) relevant to the contract, and the workforce in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key subcontractors
    • Measures to identify, mitigate and manage modern slavery risks relating to the contract and how these will be implemented
    • Outline policies and practices to be applied to or put in place for the contract to mitigate and manage modern slavery risks, including: Pre-employment checks, recruitment practices. Workplace conditions, safeguarding plans and processes in place and regular monitoring with relevant groups considered, which may include sampling
    • How these flow down the supply chain and are monitored Illustrative examples include reporting, site visits, audits, etc.
    • How the supplier will work with NGOs, trade unions or other businesses to address modern slavery risk
    • Means of influencing staff, suppliers, customers, communities and/or any other appropriate stakeholders with respect to modern slavery risks relating to the contract

  • Mission: Kick start economic growth. To secure the highest sustained growth in the G7 - with good jobs and productivity growth in every part of the country making everyone, not just a few, better off.

    Policy Outcome 2: Skills for growth: Supporting growth sectors and addressing skills gaps.

    • Understanding of employment and relevant skills issues, and of the education and training issues relating to the contract. Illustrative examples: demographics, skills shortages, new opportunities in high growth sectors, geographic/local community and skills/employment challenges
    • Support for educational attainment relevant to the contract, including training schemes that address skills gaps and result in recognised qualifications
    • Activities to support relevant sector related skills growth and sustainability in the contract workforce. Illustrative examples: careers talks, curriculum support, literacy support, safety talks and volunteering

  • Mission: Kick start economic growth. To secure the highest sustained growth in the G7 - with good jobs and productivity growth in every part of the country making everyone, not just a few, better off.

    Policy Outcome 3: Resilient, innovative and flexible supply chains: Support economic growth through enabling resilient businesses, opportunities for small businesses and voluntary, community and social enterprises

    • Understanding of the types of businesses in the market and the level of participation by new businesses, entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs, VCSEs and mutuals
    • Plans for positive actions with community groups.
    • Measures for making facilities used in the delivery of the contract available for community groups, education or training
    • Plans to respond flexibly and adapt approaches to community engagement and initiatives
    • Support for community-led initiatives relevant to the contract. Illustrative examples: improving transport links; reducing loneliness; helping with English language proficiency; and facilitating social mixing among people with different backgrounds

  • Mission: Make Britain a clean energy superpower: To cut bills, create jobs and deliver security with cheaper, zero-carbon electricity by 2030, accelerating to net zero

    Policy Outcome 4: Sustainable procurement practices: Reducing carbon footprints, minimising waste, and promoting the use of clean energy and green technologies.

    • Understanding of opportunities for additional environmental benefits delivery in the performance of the contract, including working towards net zero carbon emissions and use of clean energy and green technologies
    • Collaborative ways of working with the supply chain to deliver additional environmental benefits in the performance of the contract, including working towards net zero carbon emissions and use of clean energy and green technologies
    • Delivery of additional environmental benefits through the performance of the contract, including working towards net zero carbon emissions and use of clean energy and green technologies
    • Understanding of how to influence staff, suppliers, customers, communities and/or any other appropriate stakeholders through the delivery of the contract to support climate and nature protection and improvement
    • Activities to reconnect people with the environment and increase awareness of ways to protect and enhance it

  • Mission: Break down barriers to opportunity: By reforming our childcare and education systems, to make sure there is no class ceiling on the ambitions of young people in Britain

    Policy Outcome 6: Employment and training: For those who face barriers to employment

    • Understanding of employment and skills issues, and of the skills and employment shortages of high growth sectors relating to the contract
    • Creation of employment opportunities particularly for those who face barriers to employment, such as prison leavers, care leavers and/or who are located in deprived areas, and for people in industries with known skills shortages or in high growth sectors
    • Understanding of the issues affecting the representation of disabled people in the workforce in the market, industry or sector relevant to the contract, and in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key sub-contractors
    • Inclusive and accessible recruitment practices, and retention-focused activities, including those provided in the Guide for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing people with a disability or health condition
    • Introducing transparency to pay and reward processes
    • Working conditions which promote an inclusive working environment and promote retention and progression
    • Other measures to provide equality of opportunity for disabled people and those with health conditions into employment, including becoming a Disability Confident employer and inclusion of supported businesses in the contract supply chain
    • Understanding of the issues affecting inequality in employment, skills and pay in the market, industry or sector relevant to the contract, and in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key sub-contractors. Measures to tackle inequality in employment, skills and pay in the contract workforce
    • Inclusive and accessible development practices, including guidance for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing people with a disability or health condition

  • Mission: Break down barriers to opportunity: By reforming our childcare and education systems, to make sure there is no class ceiling on the ambitions of young people in Britain

    Policy Outcome 7: Creating a pipeline of opportunities: For the contract workforce, reducing barriers to entry for under-represented groups.

    • Understanding of the issues affecting the development of new skills by target cohort
    • Understanding of the underlying factors affecting improvements to reduce barriers to entry and training schemes for the target cohort(s) related to the contract workforce
    • Other measures to offer development opportunities for the target cohort(s) in the contract workforce
    • Understanding of issues relating to entering the contract workforce
    • Creation of outreach activities to create a pipeline of employees for the future contract delivery
    • Content of the outreach activity is designed to suit the target cohort

  • Mission: Build an NHS fit for the future: That is there when people need it; with fewer lives lost to the biggest killers; in a fairer Britain, where everyone lives well for longer.

    Policy Outcome 8: Increasing productivity through physical and mental wellbeing: In the supply chain and communities in the relevant area.

    • Understanding of issues relating to health and wellbeing, including physical and mental health, in the contract workforce
    • Inclusive and accessible recruitment practices, development practices and retention policies that support-focused activities including those provided in the Guide for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing which support people with a disability or health condition
    • Actions to invest in the physical and mental health and wellbeing of the contract workforce

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

Request an accessible format

If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at tenders@boxxe.com. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.