Published date: 7 July 2023

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 28 July 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Computer configurations - 30211400

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£100,000 to £500,000

Procurement reference

BIP793441046

Published date

7 July 2023

Closing date

28 July 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

29 August 2023

Contract end date

28 August 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The British Library has made a strategic decision to adopt Microsoft Azure as their primary provider of cloud based services. Work has already taken place to put in place an M356 instance with hybrid AD and currently there are a number of strands of work that pertinent to this tender
We are seeking to engage a specialist Microsoft Azure consultancy partner who will assist us to deliver the two phases of work.
Phase 1 - Design, Implementation and support of our ALZ
Phase 2: Migration of the British Library On Demand (BLOD) solution to the Azure platform

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Additional text

The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.

About the buyer

Contact name

Nikki Drydale

Address

96 Euston Road
London
NW1 2DB
UK

Telephone

+441937546249

Email

nikki.drydale@bl.uk