Awarded contract

Cloud Managed Services

Details

Supplier(s)
BrightSolid
Value
£2,186,000
Topic
Data storage services
Published
1 April 2026

Tender description

The Council had a requirement to retain its current datacentre provider as moving from an outsourced provider to a Council contract Lot 1: A direct award under Scottish Procurement Cloud Services Framework SP-22-023, to allow for the continuation of supply for the Council's datacentre provision

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date26 September 2025
  2. Completed: Award published1 April 2026
    Current notice

About the buyer

Highland Council is the local authority for Scotland's largest council area and runs procurement through a dedicated Procurement Unit. Smaller purchases are handled as direct quotations, with staff approaching at least three suppliers. Commercial and Procurement Shared Services pools buying expertise across Highland, Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Councils.

The Supplier Development Programme offers free bid training to businesses bidding for council contracts.

Over the past 5 years, most of Highland Council's contract awards have been in construction work, architectural and engineering services and repair and maintenance.

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