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    ContractsManaged Hybrid Infrastructure Service for Greater Manchester Police
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    Managed Hybrid Infrastructure Service for Greater Manchester Police

    GMCA seeks a managed service provider to oversee Greater Manchester Police's hybrid on-premises and Azure cloud infrastructure with 99.99999% availability requirements.

    🇬🇧United Kingdom· North WestPublished 10 Sept 2026· 1 months agoviaFind a Tender

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    • Contract value
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    • Closing date
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    • Sector
      IT & Software
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    • Location
      🇬🇧United Kingdom
      North West

    Lifecycle

    Open

    Open tender — no closing date published. Opened 1 months ago.

    10 September 2026
    Open tender · no closing date published

    Brief

    Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) seeks a managed service provider to oversee Greater Manchester Police's hybrid infrastructure environment, comprising both on-premises and cloud-hosted systems. The police operate a mixed IT estate with legacy systems requiring specialized support and demanding 99.99999% availability levels (approximately 2.6 seconds downtime per year). Current infrastructure includes two physical datacentres located in Claytonbrook, Manchester, and Corsham, Bristol, alongside a private Microsoft Azure cloud environment. The successful supplier will coordinate with existing service providers (Telefonica managing on-premise servers and ANS managing cloud services) and integrate with the current Alemba service management platform. This role requires expertise in hybrid cloud environments, enterprise-grade infrastructure management, and ability to support mission-critical policing operations with minimal service interruption.

    Track record

    18 awards · 18 winners
    Open field

    No single supplier dominates the field.

    In it software, GREATER MANCHESTER COMBINED AUTHORITY has awarded 18 contracts to 18 suppliers.

    Who wins here
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    3. INSIGHTSOFTWARE UK LTD1× · 6%
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    6. ANSWER DIGITAL LIMITED1× · 6%

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    Publisher
    UK Cabinet Office
    Licence
    OGL v3.0
    Source
    find-tender.service.gov.uk
    Record ID
    ocds-h6vhtk-06f6ba

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