Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council awards reseller a multimillion-pound contract for Microsoft services
(2021/03/23)
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Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council has awarded reseller Bytes Software Services a three-year contract for Microsoft software and cloud services that could be worth up to £18m.
Formed in April 2019 after the merging of Bournemouth and Poole unitary authority with the non-metropolitan district of Christchurch on the English south coast, BCP Council expects its spending with Microsoft via the framework agreement to nearly double.
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According to a [2]contract award notice , the value of the deal has been set at up to £6 million per annum. "This is an estimated value based on a potential increase in spend on Microsoft Licensing during the term of the agreement. The current spend per annum (2020/2021) for the Supply of Microsoft Licensing is £2.9 million," it said.
The council serves a population of 395,331 and is currently still building its strategic governance model, which itself involves the [3]tendering of an IT and consultancy partner for £18m .
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Whatever the outcome of that procurement, the council seems confident it will need a lot of stuff from the omnipresent Redmond tech business. The council said it will buy the wares via a Microsoft Enterprise Agreement (EA), Server and Cloud Enrolment, and Cloud Solution Provider services.
Microsoft's Azure cloud is something of [5]a favourite in the UK public sector . In January, two local authorities in North West England awarded reseller Insight Direct a six-year £35m contract for Microsoft licences and cloud services.
Cheshire East Council [6]teamed up with Cheshire West and Chester Council to "adopt and consume Microsoft Azure SaaS/PaaS and other cloud-hosted services and products" under the deal as they continued "to migrate core applications into an Azure cloud environment through engagement with our strategic cloud enablement partner".
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Bytes Software Services, itself no stranger to the British public sector, listed on the London Stock Exchange on December 11. The IPO raised £352.4m for the business. Bytes currently has a market cap of £1.05bn. ®
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[2] https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e3afef3e-74f3-452b-be72-6cf59687fd73
[3] https://www.theregister.com/2020/10/07/bcp_council_18m_tender_notice/
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Formed in April 2019 after the merging of Bournemouth and Poole unitary authority with the non-metropolitan district of Christchurch on the English south coast, BCP Council expects its spending with Microsoft via the framework agreement to nearly double.
[1]
According to a [2]contract award notice , the value of the deal has been set at up to £6 million per annum. "This is an estimated value based on a potential increase in spend on Microsoft Licensing during the term of the agreement. The current spend per annum (2020/2021) for the Supply of Microsoft Licensing is £2.9 million," it said.
The council serves a population of 395,331 and is currently still building its strategic governance model, which itself involves the [3]tendering of an IT and consultancy partner for £18m .
[4]
Whatever the outcome of that procurement, the council seems confident it will need a lot of stuff from the omnipresent Redmond tech business. The council said it will buy the wares via a Microsoft Enterprise Agreement (EA), Server and Cloud Enrolment, and Cloud Solution Provider services.
Microsoft's Azure cloud is something of [5]a favourite in the UK public sector . In January, two local authorities in North West England awarded reseller Insight Direct a six-year £35m contract for Microsoft licences and cloud services.
Cheshire East Council [6]teamed up with Cheshire West and Chester Council to "adopt and consume Microsoft Azure SaaS/PaaS and other cloud-hosted services and products" under the deal as they continued "to migrate core applications into an Azure cloud environment through engagement with our strategic cloud enablement partner".
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Bytes Software Services, itself no stranger to the British public sector, listed on the London Stock Exchange on December 11. The IPO raised £352.4m for the business. Bytes currently has a market cap of £1.05bn. ®
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[2] https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e3afef3e-74f3-452b-be72-6cf59687fd73
[3] https://www.theregister.com/2020/10/07/bcp_council_18m_tender_notice/
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[5] https://www.theregister.com/2018/05/10/uk_gov_cloud_spending_growth_slows/
[6] https://www.theregister.com/2021/01/07/cheshire_councils_azure_35m_reseller_deal/
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