GB-Lowestoft: Cefas Active Directory Upgrade

The AD DS infrastructure is based upon a mix of VSphere virtual servers, physical servers and Azure virtual servers all based upon Windows 2008 R2 with Windows 2008 R2 DFL/FFL. Cefas operates a full Office 365 service which is supported by a Windows 2012 R2 AD FS farm and associated infrastructure including Microsoft Azure AD Connect and is hosted in an Azure V1 subscription.

Cefas require a fixed priced project to upgrade all Cefas's Windows AD DS domains to Windows Server 2016 with Windows 2012 R2 DFL/FFL and the upgrade of AD FS within the Lowestoft domain to retain SSO for Office 365 and Office 365 desktop applications and the implementation of AD monitoring across all Cefas's domains and a full review of all service accounts across all Cefas's domains to include usage and ownership and best practice security recommendations.

Additional information: 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.