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Award of Cloud Infrastructure Test Manager

Scottish Government

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Award

05 May 2021 at 11:17

PCS Notice - Quick Quote Award
Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process involves the Scottish Government as the buying organisation, which has awarded a contract titled "Award of Cloud Infrastructure Test Manager" in the IT services industry. The procurement is currently at the Award stage following a tender that began on 26th April 2021 and concluded on 22nd October 2021. The awarded contract, signed on 25th March 2021, involves the provision of a Cloud Infrastructure Test Manager based in Glasgow, with the contract valued at £67,600. The award focuses on delivering vital infrastructure testing services, adapting practices under the COVID-19 crisis.

This tender presents a significant opportunity for businesses specialising in IT services, particularly those with expertise in cloud infrastructure, test management, and DevOps practices. Given the technical focus on testing methodologies, companies with experience in test automation, risk management in IT projects, and infrastructure security will find themselves well-suited to compete. This contract may benefit organisations aiming to expand their service offerings in public sector contracts within Scotland.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Award of Cloud Infrastructure Test Manager

Notice Description

1 x Cloud Infrastructure Test Manager based in Glasgow. Home working during COVID-19 crisis.This hands-on test management role will focus on infrastructure testing and have access to a small number of test engineers from the DevOps pool. Test management is likely to focus on manual testing initially but success will require a quick shift of focus to test automation and alerting of failures. Main activities as follows:* Liaise with stakeholders to create a risk-based infrastructure testing approach (aligned to the Programme Test Strategy), test plans and schedules for each service release, and identify resources required.* Provide specifications for technical test and OAT environments, liaising with the relevant infrastructure and environments teams.* Ensure a standardised approach to test preparation and execution of all infrastructure testing across the programme, and manage this through to completion for each release.* Liaise with Solutions Architects on availability and resilience testing requirements for planned infrastructure upgrades/deployments.* Ensure that appropriate infrastructure security/access testing is completed as required for changes/upgrades to the infrastructure architecture (e.g. testing of DevOps access rights, AD permissions testing, etc).* Provide detailed analysis of infrastructure testing results and make improvement recommendations.* Assess and provide recommendations on appropriate tooling (e.g. infrastructure monitors) to meet the needs of the Programme.* Report progress, risks, issues and dependencies, escalating as appropriate.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000647755
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAY413725
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

72820000 - Computer testing services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£67,600 Under £100K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
5 May 20215 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
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

Clackmannanshire Council

Crown Estate Scotland

Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service

Dumfries and Galloway Council

East Ayrshire Council

East Lothian Council

Fife Council

Forestry and Land Scotland

North Lanarkshire Council

Perth & Kinross Council

Public Health Scotland

Registers of Scotland

Scottish Forestry

Scottish Public Pensions Agency

Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (Care Inspectorate)

Social Security Scotland

South Ayrshire Council

Transport Scotland

University of Dundee

University of Glasgow

University of Stirling

West Lothian College

Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
ABERDEEN
Postcode
AB11 9DB
Postcode Area
Aberdeen
Country
Scotland
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM5 North Eastern Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM50 Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Aberdeen City
Electoral Ward
Torry/Ferryhill
Westminster Constituency
Aberdeen South

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
57
Supplier Names

Venesky Brown Ltd

Sony Europe B.V.

BrightSolid

Ford Motor Company Ltd

Harvey Nash

Lorien Resourcing Ltd

Michael Ramage Forestry

Kiowa Ltd

CCG (Scotland) Ltd

Castleview Plant

MELLEX GROUP LTD

KOMPAN Scotland Limited

Higher Ground Community Services Ltd

SPIE Scotshield Limited

CDW Limited

Computacenter

Specialist Computer Centres

boxxe Limited

Briskona LTD

Cycletherapy

Claremont Office Furniture

Hoare Lea

Sign Language Interactions

AMD Contract Services

Eric Boyd Forestry Ltd

GTR Contracts Ltd

Hadden Group

Pertemps Recruitment Partnership Limited

Circle IT Solutions Ltd

Ceannas Ltd

TSL Contractors Limited

Deltapoll Ltd

Polypipe Building Products

Insight Direct (UK) Ltd

Anderson Strathern LLP

Magenta Research & Evaluation

Lothian DAF

Scarab Sweepers Limited

ASA Recruitment

MAM Contracting Ltd

peter ogilvie

Ayrshire Transport Limited

ComRes

EVENT-A-LOO LTD

Purvis Marquees

Ken Edgar (Play Area Specialist) Ltd

William Waugh & Sons (Builders) Ltd

DJS Research

EKOS

Bramble Hub Limited

Why Research

Aberdeen Civil Engineering

J Thomson Colour Printers Ltd

Scott Young and Sons Ltd

Stripe Communications

Ipsos MORI Scotland

Lloyd Ltd

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