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ClosedStage · contract

Manchester City Council

TC1134 - Cloud Migration & Managed Service Partner

IT ServicesCPV 72000000 72200000 72210000 72212000 80000000
Value£1.1m
Deadline28 Dec 2022
Published29 Nov 2023
RegionLondon
Timeline
Published 29 Nov 2023ClosedCloses 28 Dec 2022
Contract value in context
£1.1mtotal contract value
median £120k
this tender£0£3.5m

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The brief

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)

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Manchester City Council (MCC) have recently defined

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).

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To help achieve the aim of public

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).

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Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
MANC001-DN700988-12395163
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