The arrangement will involve the setting up of an IT servers panel for tower case, rack intensive and blade server gear, and a storage panel for storage solutions, SAN switches and tape library gear.

According to DTF documents, the initiative will result in a more efficient procurement framework for the government agencies and is expected to reduce administrative costs to agencies and industry.

The new sourcing arrangement is also estimated to be control some $60 million worth of IT spend and will run for a minimum of three years with option for two one-year extensions.

Purchasing through the new arrangement will be mandatory for all government agencies within metropolitan areas.

The move follows the August announcement that the DTF was on the hunt for a new as part of an overhaul of its back end IT infrastructure toward establishing a private Cloud.