Planned procurement · Notice 085838-2026
Hybrid Datacentre Managed Service
Greater Manchester Combined Authority
- Value
- Value not stated
- Stage
- Early notice
- Where
- North West
- Lots
- 1
- Suitable for SMEs
- Yes, says the buyer
- Contract
- 1 Aug 2027 – 30 Jul 2032
In plain English
Greater Manchester Combined Authority, buying on behalf of Greater Manchester Police, wants a supplier to run a managed service across its mixed IT estate: physical datacentres at Claytonbrook (Manchester) and Corsham (Bristol) plus a private Azure cloud. The contract runs from 1 August 2027 to 30 July 2032.
Good fit for: Established IT managed service providers experienced in hybrid datacentre and Azure hosting for policing or other high-security clients.
Watch out: Round-the-clock support with 99.99999% availability expected on some systems; Work with legacy, non-cloud-native systems across two physical sites and a private Azure cloud; Taking over from incumbent suppliers (Telefónica on-premise, ANS cloud) and working with the Alemba service management tool; Policing environment, so security vetting is likely though not stated in the notice
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What the buyer says
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.
Procedure: not stated. Published 10 Sep 2026.
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