--- title: "Data Migration to Cloud Environment - Soft Market Testing" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-533228b1-54ec-4f0a-8a08-9943888f3aa7" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-533228b1-54ec-4f0a-8a08-9943888f3aa7" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-533228b1-54ec-4f0a-8a08-9943888f3aa7.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-533228b1-54ec-4f0a-8a08-9943888f3aa7.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "BRISTOL CITY COUNCIL" published: "2017-12-19" --- # Data Migration to Cloud Environment - Soft Market Testing Buyer: BRISTOL CITY COUNCIL Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-533228b1-54ec-4f0a-8a08-9943888f3aa7 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-533228b1-54ec-4f0a-8a08-9943888f3aa7) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-533228b1-54ec-4f0a-8a08-9943888f3aa7.json) ## Summary Bristol City Council is conducting a soft market testing process for the contract titled "Data Migration to Cloud Environment." This initiative aims to gather market feedback to benchmark a potential data migration exercise to a cloud platform, targeting a completion date for the migration by 25th November 2018. The tender is classified under IT services, specifically consulting and software development, and is set in the South West region of the United Kingdom. The tender period will conclude on 2nd January 2018, with the contract expected to commence on 8th January 2018 and last until 30th June 2018. The estimated budget for this procurement process is £50,000. This tender presents substantial opportunities for IT consultancy and cloud service providers looking to expand their services within the public sector. Businesses experienced in system discovery, cloud migration strategies, and those capable of offering competitive costings for similar public sector projects would be particularly well-suited to engage in this process. With the emphasis on effective knowledge transfer and disaster recovery solutions, firms specialising in comprehensive IT infrastructure management will find a competitive advantage in responding to this opportunity. ## Notice The Council is undertaking soft market testing and are seeking feedback from the market to help in benchmarking a potential data migration exercise to a cloud environment, which would allow to scope out (at a high level) the approach to cloud migration work that the Council would have to consider. The Council has four (4) questions that it would like elicit feedback on. Overview of Requirements. Overall Objective: Bristol City Council (BCC) is seeking to implement its strategy to migrate a significant number of systems and databases to a cloud environment by 25th November 2018. This is our critical milestone date. The high level scope of the project is summarised as follows: * Discovery and validation of BCC inventory of systems, data, databases and servers to be migrated by 25th November 2018. * Migration of the validated inventory to the target cloud environment to agreed time scales and standards of compliance, performance, cost control and quality of work. * To validate BCC cloud platform design for set up and optimisation through migration phases. * Ensure knowledge transfer to BCC to enable ongoing effective management of cloud platform * Recommendations for future systems and servers that could not be migrated to cloud * Disaster recovery (for critical services) and back up (for all production service) for cloud services The Council's current estate has the following footprint: Our estate is comprised of 619 total servers, 549 virtual v 70 physical, 390 Windows v 209 Linux, 20AIX (Windows 2008 & 2012 and various versions of Red Hat (a few) and mainly Centos) Question 1 How long would you estimate it would take to complete discovery, review the Council's internal design, agree an optimal approach and then execute and complete the migration to cloud for the Council's services? Answer 1 (or attach documents) Question 2 Can you share some indicative costings to complete this activity for similar local authority or public sector organisation? (including a validation of BCC cloud design) Answer 2 (or attach documents) Question 3 What lead time would you suggest in order for a supplier to start this work package? Answer 3 (or attach documents) Question 4 What commitment in terms of roles and FTE from BCC would be needed to support the plan? Answer 4 (or attach documents) ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0cd2dacd-1ccb-4dcc-a34b-b1501dac22d5 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 19 Dec 2017 | | Submission deadline | 2 Jan 2018 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 8 Jan 2018 - 30 Jun 2018 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £50,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | BRISTOL CITY COUNCIL | | Locality | BRISTOL | | Post town | Bristol | | Postcode | BS1 5TR | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLK5 West of England | | ITL 3 | TLK51 Bristol, City of | | Local authority | Bristol, City of | | Electoral ward | Hotwells and Harbourside | | Westminster constituency | Bristol Central | | Delivery location | TLK South West (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ### Codes - 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ## Release History - 19 Dec 2017 at 14:40 - TenderAmendment - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0cd2dacd-1ccb-4dcc-a34b-b1501dac22d5 - 19 Dec 2017 at 14:35 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0cd2dacd-1ccb-4dcc-a34b-b1501dac22d5 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0cd2dacd-1ccb-4dcc-a34b-b1501dac22d5 19th December 2017 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - https://www.bristol.gov.uk/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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