Hybrid Datacentre Managed Service
Issued by Greater Manchester Combined Authority · via UK Find a Tender Service
- Published
- 10 Sept 2026
- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-06f6ba
- Location
- United Kingdom
- Sector
- IT & Telecom
- Type
- services
At a glance
Greater Manchester Combined Authority in United Kingdom has published a request for information in it & telecom: “Hybrid Datacentre Managed Service”. The notice does not state a closing date, so confirm the timetable on the official portal. Quote reference ocds-h6vhtk-06f6ba in any correspondence with the buyer. FreeTender has recorded 17 notices from this buyer since 2026, 16 of them currently open. There are 272 open it & telecom notices in United Kingdom on FreeTender. Bids are submitted to the buyer through UK Find a Tender Service, not through FreeTender.
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Details
Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA), as the contracting authority for Greater Manchester Police, are looking for a supplier who can provide a managed service across its on-premise and cloud hosted infrastructure. GMP operate a mixed estate due to the nature of some of the legacy systems not necessarily being cloud native or the support requirements are 24x7 at a 99.99999% availability level. Our physical datacentres are currently in two locations, Claytonbrook in Manchester and Corsham in Bristol. The cloud based environment is a private Azure cloud service. Our on-premise server estate is managed by Telefonica and our cloud service by ANS. Our existing service management tool is Alemba.
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