Issue details

The purpose of this report is to seek approval for a new 3-year contract, with the option to extend by 1 year (3+1), with an estimated value £1,460,000 over 4 years for the Core Infrastructure Managed Service, which shall include the following Services:

·       Managed Cloud Service, including:

o   Cloud Consumption

o   Managed Azure Site Recovery Service

o   Managed Azure Backup

o   Managed Detection & Response Professional Service

o   Fortigate Appliance Managed Service

The proposed contract will also provide for the renewal of various support maintenance agreements and licences which support the core infrastructure above: 

·       Managed Infrastructure Support (HCI)

·       Additional Node / Server & VMware License

·       Cisco Nexus Licenses

·       NetApp 3^rd Party Support

·       Gold Maintenance Netscaler support

Lastly, for the proposed contract will also include provision for professional services to implement Sentinel security monitoring services. 

We have been using ANS as the incumbent provider for over 3 years, providing essential managed services for our core infrastructure including (not exhaustive) the design, implementation and support of our cloud footprint, Microsoft Azure and our remote access infrastructure, Always on VPN.

The proposed contract is intended to commence on 20 January 2023.

Funding for these services is available via the BCIS Infrastructure budget.