Procurement of Microsoft Industry Solutions Consultancy​

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Digital transformation is recognised as a core component of the overall transformation programme, providing the enabling technology for the majority of major changes required to reinforce our financial sustainability. The council is already invested in Microsoft technologies and further investment to their technology stack will: Reduce the number of contracts Give resilience through use of cloud compute Provide a recognisable skillset to aid future recruitments Provide reusable services across Business Units Position the council’s digital capabilities at the forefront of transformation activity Lot 1: Digital transformation is recognised as a core component of the overall transformation programme, providing the enabling technology for the majority of major changes required to reinforce our financial sustainability. The council is already invested in Microsoft technologies and further investment to their technology stack will: Reduce the number of contracts Give resilience through use of cloud compute Provide a recognisable skillset to aid future recruitments Provide reusable services across Business Units Position the council’s digital capabilities at the forefront of transformation activity The contract produced for signature is equivalent to a GCloud contract. Microsoft are already suppliers of the council’s productivity suite (through Office 365) and cloud compute presence through Azure. The Digital Strategy outlines an aspiration to consolidate suppliers making best use of large scale providers and their ability to offer many different elements of functionality under one contract. Microsoft also have substantial delivery capability via their Industry Solutions Division, who already work with multiple other local councils. The direct award is designed to take advantage of Microsoft’s knowledge of their own software suite and large scale implementation capability.