# CBC-0580-T-AE Data Centre Management as a Service

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Central Bedfordshire Council](/buyers/central-bedfordshire-council/contract-awards)
- Published: 18 November 2016
- Planned start: 1 April 2016
- Planned end: 31 March 2021
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 85ea5cfd-f43d-458b-b111-d54aba97ea9f-85582
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-3bf55dbf-adc9-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b

## Description

The core objective of this tender is to contract for Data Centre Management: • The core of data centre infrastructure – servers, storage and data centre software requirements are to be provided by a Cloud Service that will be contracted as agreed by CBC IT Management and the Data Centre Management team\. • The role of the Data Centre Management Team will be to: o Architect and agree use of the \(to be contracted\) Cloud based Infrastructure as a Service so as to create a fully functional data centre for CBC use\. o Transition CBC services from their existing co-location sites to the new services\. o On-going operational management of the hosted applications services including optimisation of resource capacity, elasticity in resource allocation to meet demand, fault rectification, utilisation reporting, security and governance\. o The contracted Data Centre Management Team should work along side CBC management and end users in the same capacity as that of an in house service team\. Additional information: Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No https://in-tendhost\.co\.uk/centralbedfordshire/aspx/

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- [CBC-2114-Q-SM Public Health Funerals - AWARD](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-c1bcc5fa-feb3-4688-b4a6-1f447257ad4e): Central Bedfordshire Council
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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/85ea5cfd-f43d-458b-b111-d54aba97ea9f-85582)