Who won: SSRO IT Managed Service (ITMS) and DefCARS contract

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This Invitation to Tender (ITT) is issued by the Single Source Regulations Office (SSRO). The SSRO is conducting this procurement exercise to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced supplier to be its delivery partner to provide its IT Managed Services (ITMS), its Defence Contract Analysis and Reporting System (DefCARS) support and potential future development. The SSRO’s current DefCARS and ITMS contracts are both expiring on 24 March 2026, which provides an opportunity to seek an integrated solution delivered under one contract. We anticipate this will offer value for money based on the potential service benefits and cost savings. The SSRO is intending to seek extensions where necessary to these two contracts to allow for a transition period up to end of August 2026. ITMS The SSRO's ITMS is cloud based and uses the Microsoft stack. Third parties are used for management, support, and development of the IT environment. The SSRO technology and systems estate includes the SSRO Microsoft environment which is based in UK data centres. Connectivity within our office is via Wi-Fi only, provided by the Government Property Agency through the GovWifi service. The GPA also provide a ne

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