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TC933 - Provision of Data Centre Facilities and Migration Partner

MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

03 Jan 2018 at 14:42

Award Notice
Tender

31 Jul 2017 at 13:34

Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process involves Manchester City Council seeking a partner for the provision of data centre facilities and migration services, titled "TC933 - Provision of Data Centre Facilities and Migration Partner". This initiative falls under the category of services within the information systems and servers industry, with a specific emphasis on establishing resilient data centre solutions. The current stage of the process reflects an active award, which was finalised on 3 January 2018. The total contract value is £866,952, with the contract period running from 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2021. The geographical focus for this project is the North West region of the United Kingdom, and the procurement was conducted through an open procedure.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses in the technology and data services sectors, particularly those specialising in data centre operations, migration services, and related IT infrastructure support. As the council looks for industry-leading co-location facilities and migration assistance, businesses that excel in providing robust IT solutions and have experience in managing complex migration projects would be particularly well-suited to compete. Suppliers with capabilities in hardware, virtual machine migrations, and network configuration may find it advantageous to engage with this opportunity to expand their portfolio and establish a partnership with a local government authority.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

TC933 - Provision of Data Centre Facilities and Migration Partner

Notice Description

Manchester City Council's Data Centre Strategy defines the migration from the existing Council-owned single data centre to two new co-location facilities providing a robust and resilient disaster recovery solution to meet tight business RPO and RTO across a range of services and applications. The Council requires two industry leading co-location data centre facilities in the Manchester area to host a total of twenty racks split across both locations for an initial three year period. In addition, the successful supplier will provide migration services to assist the Council moving out of the existing data centre. The Council has some in house skills to migrate systems from the existing data centre to the two new data centres. These resources are limited in number and have existing commitments to business as usual service provision. Professional services are therefore required to bolster the Council's migration team - this work will include physical hardware migrations, virtual machine migrations and associated networking, operating system and application configuration changes. A new network infrastructure will be installed in the two new data centres - the design, supply, implementation and configuration of this network infrastructure is outside of the scope of this tender. The Council's existing data centre is approximately 6 years old and includes industry standard data centre infrastructure of a good quality standard - UPS, generators, electrical switchgear, air conditioning and rack units. Once migrations to the new data centres are complete the Council wishes to dispose of this equipment in the most economically advantageous manner and decommission the data centre in readiness for handing back the facility to the landlord.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-1e3ea098-18c9-44a6-9ce2-b372733db089
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/aa7da3c8-db6d-4a2b-b37a-b9573d863845
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

48 - Software package and information systems

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

CPV Codes

48800000 - Information systems and servers

72222000 - Information systems or technology strategic review and planning services

72300000 - Data services

72500000 - Computer-related services

72900000 - Computer back-up and catalogue conversion services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£866,952 £500K-£1M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£866,952 £500K-£1M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
3 Jan 20188 years ago
Submission Deadline
31 Aug 2017Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
3 Jan 20188 years ago
Contract Period
31 Mar 2018 - 31 Mar 2021 3-4 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
MANCHESTER
Postcode
M60 2LA
Post Town
Manchester
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD3 Greater Manchester
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD33 Manchester
Delivery Location
TLD North West (England)
Local Authority
Manchester
Electoral Ward
Piccadilly
Westminster Constituency
Manchester Central

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

UKFAST.NET

Further Information

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