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title: "GB-Liverpool: Azure Cloud Co-Managed Service"
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buyer: "Plus Dane Housing Limited"
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# GB-Liverpool: Azure Cloud Co-Managed Service

Buyer: Plus Dane Housing Limited  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-9474a415-4b35-4c13-8b6c-37892743300b

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## Summary

Plus Dane Housing Limited is procuring Azure Cloud Co-Managed Services, a computer-related management service for its housing organisation. The requirement covers shared management of Microsoft Azure cloud services, involving coordination between the housing provider and an external cloud services specialist. Delivery is in the North West of England, with the buyer based in Liverpool. The procurement is categorised as a services contract and is relevant to providers of Azure cloud management, cloud operations, infrastructure support and related technical service management. The named buyer is Plus Dane Housing Limited, while the selected service provider is ANS Group Limited. The requirement is focused on managed Azure capability rather than the supply of physical hardware or general construction, property maintenance or housing services.

The procurement has been awarded and is complete. Plus Dane Housing Limited selected ANS Group Limited for a contract valued at £700,000. The award date was 27 August 2026. The contract is scheduled to run from 8 September 2026 to 7 September 2030. The route was a call-off under the Government Commercial Agency G-Cloud 14 Framework, following the framework’s call-off procedures. A voluntary standstill period of 10 calendar days applied after publication, and the buyer did not intend to conclude the contract before 8 September 2026. The published requirement was for a single Azure Cloud Co-Managed Services contract, with the procurement assessed as unsuitable for small and medium-sized enterprises and voluntary, community or social enterprises.

This award shows that Plus Dane Housing Limited has an established requirement for externally supported Azure cloud operations over a substantial multi-year service period. A future competitor would need credible capability to co-manage Microsoft Azure environments, work effectively alongside an in-house client team and provide dependable ongoing cloud management rather than one-off implementation work. Relevant strengths would include operational service management, monitoring, incident and problem handling, cloud security, resilience, governance, technical advice and the capacity to support a large, long-term public-sector account. The selected supplier’s scale indicates that the buyer valued a provider able to sustain managed services at organisational level. Businesses preparing for a future requirement should be able to evidence comparable Azure-managed service delivery and capacity for continuous support.

## Notice

Plus Dane Housing Limited intends to award a contract to ANS Group Limited for the provision of Azure Cloud Co-Managed Services via Government Commercial Agency (GCA) G-Cloud 14 Framework in accordance with the framework call-off procedures. Additional information: Plus Dane Housing Limited intends to enter into a call-off contract with ANS Group Limited following a voluntary standstill period of 10 calendar days from the date of publication of this notice. Plus Dane Housing Limited does not intend to conclude the contract before Tuesday 8th September 2026.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/abfdbadb-37a7-487a-8774-8e6c2690afe9 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 28 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 27 Aug 2026 |
| Contract period | 8 Sep 2026 - 7 Sep 2030 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £700,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £700,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Plus Dane Housing Limited |
| Locality | LIVERPOOL |
| Postcode area | Liverpool |
| Postcode | L3 4AE |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD7 Merseyside |
| ITL 3 | TLD72 Liverpool |
| Local authority | Liverpool |
| Electoral ward | Waterfront South |
| Westminster constituency | Liverpool Riverside |
| Delivery location | TLD North West (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | ANS Group Limited |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 72510000 - Computer-related management services

## Release History

- 28 Aug 2026 at 11:30 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/abfdbadb-37a7-487a-8774-8e6c2690afe9

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/abfdbadb-37a7-487a-8774-8e6c2690afe9
  28th August 2026 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/respondToList.html?noticeId=1062417441
  Please follow this link to view the notice.

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