Published date: 29 November 2023

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 28 December 2022, 11:59pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Educational software development services - 72212190

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£1,072,109

Procurement reference

MANC001-DN700988-12395163

Published date

29 November 2023

Closing date

28 December 2022

Closing time

11:59pm

Contract start date

20 January 2023

Contract end date

1 December 2024

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Other

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes


Description

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)


Award information

Awarded date

29 December 2022

Contract start date

20 January 2023

Contract end date

1 December 2024

Total value of contract

£1,072,109

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

ANS Group Limited

Address

1 Archway, Birley Fields, Manchester M15 5QJ

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No


About the buyer

Contact name

Joshua Ward

Address

Town Hall Extension
Manchester
M60 2LA
England

Telephone

0161 219 2673

Email

Joshua.Ward@manchester.gov.uk

Website

http://www.manchester.gov.uk