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

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/