Award

TC1134 - Cloud Migration & Managed Service Partner

MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL

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29 Nov 2023 at 11:06

Award Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Manchester City Council has awarded a contract for the project titled "TC1134 - Cloud Migration & Managed Service Partner" to ANS Group Limited. The contract is valued at £1,072,109 and involves migrating on-premises application workloads to public cloud hosting services with a focus on Microsoft Azure. The procurement stage is complete, and the contract period runs from January 20, 2023, to December 1, 2024. The tender period ended on December 28, 2022.

This contract presents an opportunity for businesses providing cloud design and migration services, specifically Microsoft Azure experts with MSP certification. Suitable businesses would also have expertise in Citrix and Fortinet solutions. The Manchester City Council aims to leverage the benefits of public cloud hosting to enhance flexibility, disaster recovery, automation, and contribute to Zero Carbon Manchester objectives. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprise organizations (VCSEs) are encouraged to participate in this opportunity.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

TC1134 - Cloud Migration & Managed Service Partner

Notice Description

Manchester City Council (MCC) have recently defined a Hybrid Cloud strategy focusing on migrating current on-premises application workloads to public cloud hosting services with Microsoft Azure selected as the target cloud provider (along with Citrix Cloud for hosting Citrix application services). The Council is looking to exploit the benefits public cloud hosting can bring including improved flexibility, reduced infrastructure operating responsibilities, improved disaster recovery, automation and contribution to Zero Carbon Manchester objectives. To help achieve the aim of public cloud hosting the Council is looking for a Microsoft Gold Partner holding Azure Expert MSP certification to provide cloud design and migration services and a co-managed cloud service for a two-year period (partner status is also required sought in Citrix and Fortinet solutions)

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-c5e23b39-28d2-40c5-8768-30c7e02eced8
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f443ce00-e645-42f1-a2d9-c1b4d04241b7
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Other -
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

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

80 - Education and training services

CPV Codes

72212190 - Educational software development services

80000000 - Education and training services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£1,072,109 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£1,072,109 £1M-£10M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
29 Nov 20232 years ago
Submission Deadline
28 Dec 2022Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
29 Dec 20223 years ago
Contract Period
20 Jan 2023 - 1 Dec 2024 1-2 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
Joshua Ward
Contact Email
joshua.ward@manchester.gov.uk
Contact Phone
0161 219 2673

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
TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
Local Authority
Manchester
Electoral Ward
Piccadilly
Westminster Constituency
Manchester Central

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

ANS GROUP

Further Information

Notice Documents

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