PS26330 – Enterprise Tenancy Consultancy

UK SBS on behalf or UK Research and Innovation are undertaking pre-market engagement with Suppliers that may be able to provide the following services: 1. Overview UKRI currently operates a federated technology estate serving multiple organisational entities. The principal Microsoft 365 consolidation scope comprises approximately six to seven Microsoft 365 tenancies, supported by a wider set of identity, endpoint, security and associated technical environments. UKRI has developed an interim set of high-level draft standards and has undertaken initial tenancy-level assessments against that baseline. UKRI is also undertaking an entity-level assessment of the changes and implications associated with migration readiness. These materials will be provided to the successful supplier as inputs. The supplier will be expected to review, challenge and supplement the material where necessary, rather than repeat discovery without reference to the work already completed. The project seeks to define, design and deliver this new environment using a Standards-based approach to Microsoft cloud services that will deliver consistency, simplicity, security, compliance, operational efficiency and an improved user experience across UKRI. This procurement is for specialist consultancy services to support the Design Stage of the project. The successful supplier will work with UKRI to deliver the design, encompassing cloud architecture, governance and assurance activities, and will have experience of migration planning, compliance and secure by design principles, enabling informed decisions for future implementation and supportability. The authority is specifically seeking a supplier that possesses a mature and proven Microsoft 365 standards framework developed through practical operational experience. UKRI's objective is to leverage existing industry best practice wherever possible rather than develop entirely new standards from first principles. Accordingly, UKRI requires specialist consul