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FinOps solution

JISC

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: JISC

Buyer Address: 4 Portwall Lane, Bristol, UKK11, BS1 6NB, United Kingdom

Contact Email: chris.hallahan@jisc.ac.uk

Status
complete
Procedure
open
Value
20000000.0 GBP
Published
29 Jan 2026, 15:05
Deadline
n/a
Contract Start
26 Feb 2026, 00:00
Contract End
25 Feb 2028, 23:59
Category
n/a
CPV
72212482 - Business intelligence software development services
Region
n/a
Awarded To
IBM UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED
Official Source
Open Find a Tender

Description

Jisc's Cloud Managed Services team was looking to procure a FinOps solution from a single provider. The successful solution will be predominately deployed by Jisc as the main user (use case (1) and (2)), however there is scope that the solution is in-directly made available to Jisc members and customers (use case (3).

Linked Documents

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Opportunity Context

Lots

Lot LOT-0000 Status: complete

Documents

Document Description: Not published

Raw Notice JSON

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