Awarded contract

Microsoft Monetary Commitment

Details

Value
£2,110,000
Duration
3 years
Topic
Software package and information systems
Published
27 March 2025

Tender description

The Azure Monetary commitment is a pre-payment made to Microsoft for their Azure cloud services. The forecast for Azure spend over the next 3 years has risen significantly compared to previous years due to the migration of various services to the cloud in support of Stonewater's IT strategy. The following systems/services form the basis of the increased costs: • ASR - Disaster Recovery • Veeam Offsite Backup • Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) • Azure Integration Services (AIS) Other services such as Sentinel/Defender, which are already covered through the pre-payment model, will continue to be supported and will contribute to the overall costs.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date1 February 2025
  2. Completed: Award published27 March 2025
    Current notice
  3. Next: Contract expiry date31 January 2028in 15 months

About the buyer

Stonewater is a housing association based in Leicester that buys as a public sector contracting authority. Full procurement applies to goods and services above the stated regulatory threshold. Works contracts follow the same principles for larger projects. Stonewater considers national and regional frameworks, including those run by the Government Commercial Agency, ESPO, LHC and YPO. Frameworks such as CHIC, Procurement for Housing and Fusion21 are also named. Suppliers can email the procurement team to ask about open opportunities.

Over the past 5 years, most of Stonewater Ltd's contract awards have been in construction work, construction materials and business services.

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