Bath-based not-for-profit IT provider Eduserv is helping Bristol City Council migrate its IT infrastructure to a cloud platform.

The two-year contract - worth an estimated £1.5m – is part of Bristol City Council’s £90m cost saving program.

The services were procured through the UK government’s G-Cloud framework.

Eduserv will take over the day-to-day management of Bristol City Council’s IT estate and will use its cloud migration services to support the transformation program.

Bristol City Council’s service manager Steven Pendleton said “Like every council, we are faced with the challenge of delivering high quality services while reducing our costs by 30%.”

“The ICT market is changing rapidly, becoming much more commoditised and consumer led, where significant economies of scale are now possible,” Pendleton said.

According to Pendleton the council will not need to own much of its ICT in the future as it will buy services that match demand in a much more flexible way.

“IT transformation plays a critical role in allowing us to achieve that. Moving our IT estate to the cloud will give us a more flexible and cost-effective resource which can adapt to our changing needs,” Pendleton said.