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Award of Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Scottish Government

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04 Feb 2021 at 09:03

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Summary of the contracting process

The Scottish Government is seeking a contractor for the position of Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) based in Glasgow, with home working options due to the ongoing Covid crisis. The tender process is currently at the award stage following the tender period which ran from 11 January 2021 to 7 January 2022. The procurement was executed under the category of IT services, specifically focusing on consulting, software development, and support. The awarded contract, valued at £189,370, was signed on 9 December 2020, with a total of three bids submitted during the procurement process.

This opportunity is ideal for IT service providers with expertise in site reliability engineering, particularly those proficient in Amazon Web Services (AWS), infrastructure automation using Terraform and Ansible, and Linux/Unix administration. Businesses specialising in cloud services, system monitoring, performance tuning, and related IT consulting services should consider competing for this contract to expand their market presence and service offerings within the public sector.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Award of Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Notice Description

1 x Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) based in Glasgow (home working during Covid crisis)Essential Skills & Knowledge:*** We require all our suppliers to strictly look into this skill set when they search and submit candidates for this position ***The Scottish Government are looking for a Site Reliability Engineer with the following skillset and experiences;Skills and Experience we are looking for:* Experience running root cause analysis on large distributed system ensuring that failure is not repeated* Understanding of software and infrastructure architecture including performance tuning applications, infrastructure and databases;* Experience scaling system sustainably through automation and evolve systems by pushing for changes that improve reliability, velocity and cost efficiency.* Proficient in system monitoring, capacity planning, business continuity, system support and failure diagnosis;* Strong Amazon Web services knowledge minimum of 3 years hands on experience* Solid and demonstrable understanding of AWS well architected framework;* In-depth Infrastructure as Code experience for automation and configuration management (specifically Terraform, Ansible, packer and CloudWatch)* Evangelist for Continuous integration and Continuous Delivery methodologies reducing toil and ensuring maximum change velocity and deployment consistency* Excellent Linux/Unix system administration skills with a bias towards RedHat Enterprise Linux versions 7 and CentOS;

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000638053
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=FEB405800
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
PCS Notice - Quick Quote Award
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

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

CPV Codes

72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£189,370 £100K-£500K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
4 Feb 20215 years ago
Submission Deadline
1 Jul 2022Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
12 Sep 20205 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Not Specified
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Scottish Government
Additional Buyers

Accountant in Bankruptcy

Argyll Community Housing Association Limited

CalMac Ferries Limited

Clackmannanshire Council

Comhairle nan Eilean Siar

Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service

Dumfries and Galloway Council

East Dunbartonshire Council

East Lothian Council

Forestry and Land Scotland

Moray Council

NHS Lanarkshire

National Library of Scotland

New College Lanarkshire

North Lanarkshire Council

Parole Board for Scotland

Perth & Kinross Council

SRUC

Scottish Fire and Rescue Service

Scottish Police Authority

Scottish Qualifications Authority

Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (Care Inspectorate)

The City of Edinburgh Council

Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
ALLOA
Postcode
EH6 6QQ
Postcode Area
Edinburgh
Country
Scotland
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM1 East Central Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM13 City of Edinburgh
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
City of Edinburgh
Electoral Ward
Leith
Westminster Constituency
Edinburgh North and Leith

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
67
Supplier Names

A M Phillip Trucktech Ltd

AMD Contract Services

ASA Recruitment (Quick Quotes)

Airstream Ventilation Solutions ltd

Akhter Computers PLC

Allsports Construction & Maintenance LTD

Anderson Strathern LLP

Apple Oils Limited

Arup

Aurora Transport

BSL Interiors Limited

Boreal forestry

C and A interiors

Capture All

Castleview Plant

CodeClan

DMFCA Ltd

Duncan Wemyss Ltd

Fretwell-Downing Hospitality (Civica)

Geo-Rope LTD

Gilson Gray LLP

HAS Technology

Harper Macleod LLP

Harvey Nash

Highand Traffic Management Ltd

Hitrak Ltd

Iain

Impact Funding Partners

Imperial Commercials

Ivor Knox Consulting

James Hutton Institute

John Gilbert Architects

John Thomson Construction Ltd

KPMG

Kingdom Services Group Limited

Loretto Care

Lorien Resourcing Ltd

MacRoberts LLP

Marketing Mike

Morris & Spottiswood

Murray Forestry Ltd

Nicola Askham Ltd

Nith Valley Construction Ltd

Noremac Argyll ltd

OLM Scotland

Orona Limited

PTFS Europe

Pertemps

Phoenix Software

Pitney Bowes Ltd

RF Brown Containers Ltd

RSM (Quick Quote contact)

Republic of Media

Risk Management Partners

Ross MacArthur Contractors

SSUK Ltd

Smurfit Kappa Recycling

Stirling Park LLP

Support in Mind Scotland

TetraLogical

The Gate Worldwide

The Good Box Co Labs Ltd T/A Goodbox

The Rock Trust

Venesky Brown Ltd

Venesky-Brown Recruitment

Wilsons Auctions

ZM Architecture

Further Information

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