Provision for Data Centre Virtualisation and Managed Service.

Tender description

The Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority sought to appoint an Independent supplier to provide a Managed Service covering the following requirements: a) Design, delivery and management of transitions of all GMP services from the old Data Centre service to the new Service (moving all in-scope services to a virtual infrastructure). b) Design, provision, management and support, up to and including the OS layer, of infrastructure including: • virtual machines; and • physical machines; The contract duration will be for a period of 5 years followed by an option to extend for a further 2 years on a 1+1 basis, subject to funding and contractor performance. The contract will also be open to be accessed by the following contracting authority: Trafford Borough Council.