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Cloud Compute

Crown Commercial Service

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24 May 2021 at 22:45

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Summary of the contracting process

The Crown Commercial Service has awarded a framework agreement titled "Cloud Compute," aimed at providing scalable cloud hosting requirements for UK public sector bodies. This procurement falls under the computer-related services industry and is classified as an open procedure. The contract encompasses a range of services, including Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS), with a total estimated value of £750 million. Key dates include the award date of 5th May 2021, with the framework agreement set for a maximum duration of 48 months, divided into an initial term of 24 months and potential extensions.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses engaged in cloud services, particularly those offering IaaS and PaaS solutions. Suitable competitors include both large enterprises and SMEs with the capability to deliver cloud computing infrastructure primarily from the UK. Successful bidders must demonstrate compliance with Cyber Essentials standards and meet specific technical requirements, such as maintaining platform availability of 99.9% and providing examples of relevant past contracts. Participation in this procurement could enhance market presence and foster growth in the evolving digital services sector.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Cloud Compute

Notice Description

Crown Commercial Service as the contracting authority has put in place a Pan Government Collaborative Framework Agreement for use by UK public sector bodies identified at VI.3) (and any future successors to these organisations), which include Central Government Departments and their Arm's Length Bodies and Agencies, Non Departmental Public Bodies, NHS bodies and Local Authorities. This will be a route to market for eligible user organisations to procure their scalable cloud hosting requirements as more specifically described in section II.2.4.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The main purpose of this Framework Agreement was to put in place a route for UK public sector organisations (Buyers) to buy their Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) requirements directly from the owners of public cloud platforms (Suppliers). The scope is necessarily restricted to 'pure' compute requirements which do not require additional services such as design, detailed configuration, tailoring or any ongoing management or professional services to assist with data migration in/out. The Services can most simply and usefully be thought of as a commodity 'utility' service where Buyers connect to and and use the Supplier's platform and processing resources for their own requirements, subject to acceptable use policies and compliance with Law. Examples could include the development of new software applications or to manipulate large sets of data such as weather prediction or modelling medical scenarios, and particularly the ability for the services to be rapidly scalable at short notice. This Framework Agreement will offer self-serve functionality to Buyers with the protection of appropriate and robust contract conditions which have been specially developed for this purpose. Bidders were required to meet the following key requirements to have participated in the procurement of this Framework Agreement: 1. Full and exclusive control of the infrastructure which underpins the platform used to provide the Services 2. They must use the Public Cloud Deployment Model here: https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/SP/nistspecialpublication800-145.pdf to provide the Services 3. They must be capable of providing the Services primarily from within the UK (where specifically required by Buyers) 4. They must be able to offer a platform availability of 99.9% across an all day every day baseline 5. They must provide one example of a contract where you have delivered services using the Public Cloud Deployment Model to a customer organisation (public or private sector) in Europe during the last three years Please refer to Framework Schedule 2 (Services) for the full scope of the Services. Additional information: With reference to II.2.7 please note the duration of the Framework Agreement will be a maximum of 48 months, with the first term being 24 months, with a possible extension of 2 (two) 12-month periods. This prior information notice replaces the previous CAN issued on the 21/05/2021 https://enotices.ted.europa.eu/noticeInformation?noticeId=6047187

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-02b48a
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/011544-2021
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
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Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large, SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

30 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages

48 - Software package and information systems

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

CPV Codes

30211100 - Super computer

30211300 - Computer platforms

48000000 - Software package and information systems

48211000 - Platform interconnectivity software package

48620000 - Operating systems

72212211 - Platform interconnectivity software development services

72212620 - Mainframe operating system software development services

72300000 - Data services

72310000 - Data-processing services

72311300 - Computer time-sharing services

72317000 - Data storage services

72322000 - Data management services

72416000 - Application service providers

72421000 - Internet or intranet client application development services

72422000 - Internet or intranet server application development services

72500000 - Computer-related services

72611000 - Technical computer support services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£750,000,000 £100M-£1B

Notice Dates

Publication Date
24 May 20215 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
5 May 20215 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Crown Commercial Service
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LIVERPOOL
Postcode
L3 9PP
Postcode Area
Liverpool
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD7 Merseyside
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD72 Liverpool
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Liverpool
Electoral Ward
City Centre North
Westminster Constituency
Liverpool Riverside

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
9
Supplier Names

AWS EMEA SARL

Fordway Solutions Ltd

Frontier Technology Ltd

Google Commerce Ltd.

IBM United Kingdom Limited

Microsoft Limited

Oracle Corporation UK Ltd

UKCloud Ltd

UKFast.Net Limited

Further Information

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