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title: "TC1134 - Cloud Migration & Managed Service Partner"
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# TC1134 - Cloud Migration & Managed Service Partner

Buyer: MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-c5e23b39-28d2-40c5-8768-30c7e02eced8

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## Summary

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.

## Notice

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)

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f443ce00-e645-42f1-a2d9-c1b4d04241b7 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 29 Nov 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 28 Dec 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 29 Dec 2022 |
| Contract period | 20 Jan 2023 - 1 Dec 2024 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £1,072,109 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £1,072,109 |
| 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 | MANCHESTER CITY COUNCIL |
| Locality | MANCHESTER |
| Post town | Manchester |
| Postcode | M60 2LA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD3 Greater Manchester |
| ITL 3 | TLD33 Manchester |
| Local authority | Manchester |
| Electoral ward | Piccadilly |
| Westminster constituency | Manchester Central |
| 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) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | ANS GROUP |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 72212190 - Educational software development services
- 80000000 - Education and training services

## Release History

- 29 Nov 2023 at 11:06 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f443ce00-e645-42f1-a2d9-c1b4d04241b7

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f443ce00-e645-42f1-a2d9-c1b4d04241b7
  29th November 2023 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

## Notice URLs

- http://www.manchester.gov.uk

## Provenance

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