Freedom of Information request on the Azure Cloud contract (FOI 22/542)
Published 14 June 2022
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FOI 22/542
12th April 2022
Dear
Thank you for your email. Please see the response to your Freedom of Information Request below:
Further to the original Hosting request, the contract below has expired. Please provide the current status.
Azure - Cloud contract
I wish to submit a request to the organisation around their hosting contract(s) with 3rd聽party providers.
The type of contract I wish to see is below:
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Dedicated hosting- Managed environment
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Co-Location- hosting allows a business to still own their own server equipment; however, instead of storing it in their own data centre, they instead are able to store it in rented space in a colocation hosting centre.
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Cloud Hosting- provide hosting for websites on virtual servers, which pull their computing resources from extensive underlying networks of physical web servers.
Not all of these will be applicable to the organisation.
For the different types of hosting services, can you provide me with the following information:
1.聽聽聽聽聽聽聽Type of hosting 鈥� Dedicated, Co-Location, Cloud Hosting, Other?
Cloud Hosting
2.聽聽聽聽聽聽聽Who is the supplier of the contract? If possible can you also provide me with the name of the vendor, if applicable?
Microsoft
3.聽聽聽聽聽聽聽What is the annual contract value for each contract?
词拢600,000
4.聽聽聽聽聽聽聽What type of cloud environment?
Private Cloud-聽a distinct and secure cloud based environment in which only the specified client can operate.
Public Cloud -聽where cloud services are provided in a virtualized environment, constructed using pooled shared physical resources, and accessible over a public network such as the internet.
Hybrid-聽integrated cloud service utilising both private and public clouds to perform distinct functions within the same organisation.
Public
5.聽聽聽聽聽聽聽What is the original start date of the contract agreement? If there are more than one contract please provide me with the start date for each contract.
Feb 2022
6.聽聽聽聽聽聽聽What is the actual expiry date of the contract agreement? If there are more than one contract please provide me with the expiry date for each contract.
31/01/2025
7.聽聽聽聽聽聽聽When will the organisation plan to review this contract? If there are more than one contract please provide me with the review date for each contract.
Contracts are reviewed on an ongoing basis and dependent on future requirements
8.聽聽聽聽聽聽聽What is the contract period in years? Please include whether the agreement has any extension periods?
3 years
9.聽聽聽聽聽聽聽What services are provided under the contract? Please do not put hosting information such as web hosting, file storage, hosted application. The more information the better,
infrastructure and platform services
10.聽聽聽Can you please provide me with the contract officer responsible for this contract? Complete contact details if possible name, title, contact email and number.
All contracts are managed by IT Commercial Management Team 鈥� [email protected]
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Yours sincerely
MHRA Customer Experience Centre