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Award of Provision of Cloud & Hosting Services

Crown Estate Scotland

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22 Sep 2026 at 17:02

PCS Notice - Quick Quote Award
Summary of the contracting process

Crown Estate Scotland procured an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud and hosting service to support its current and changing technology needs. The requirement covers hosting the organisation’s existing environment and providing an ongoing cloud platform service. Suppliers could either continue using Microsoft Azure and take over billing for the existing Azure tenant, or offer an alternative IaaS cloud platform and rebuild the hosted environment in a new setting. This is a cloud and internet services requirement, classified under CPV 72400000. The buying organisation is Crown Estate Scotland, based in Edinburgh, and the service supports its own operational technology estate rather than a construction or physical infrastructure project.

The procurement has been awarded. It was run as a mini-competition under the Scottish Government Cloud and Hosting Services framework (SP-22-023), and one bid was recorded. Storm ID Ltd was selected for an award valued at £450,000. The contract is active and has an initial term of 36 months, with an option to extend for up to three further 12-month periods, described as 3+1+1+1. The evaluation outcome resulted in a single supplier award covering the IaaS cloud and hosting requirement. The contract supports either continued use of the existing Microsoft Azure tenant or migration and rebuilding on an alternative cloud hosting platform.

This award demonstrates a substantial, multi-year requirement for managed IaaS cloud and hosting services from Crown Estate Scotland, with potential continuation beyond the initial term. Suppliers seeking to compete for a similar requirement would need practical capability in designing, operating and supporting cloud hosting environments, particularly Microsoft Azure or an equivalent alternative platform. Relevant experience would include taking over an existing cloud tenant, managing cloud billing, maintaining service continuity and rebuilding hosted systems during migration. Credible providers would also need to support changing operational needs rather than supplying a fixed one-off installation. Experience delivering secure, reliable hosting for public-sector organisations and working through a government framework mini-competition would strengthen their position.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Award of Provision of Cloud & Hosting Services

Notice Description

Crown Estate Scotland is seeking to appoint a supplier to provide it with an IaaS Cloud and Hosting Service that will support both current and evolving needs. This procurement exercise is a mini competition against the Scottish Government framework for the provision of Cloud and Hosting Services (SP-22-023).Crown Estate Scotland welcomes proposals that either:1. Continue to utilise Microsoft Azure and take over billing for the existing Azure tenant; or2. Propose an alternative IaaS Cloud hosting platform and rebuilding everything hosted in the current platform in a new environment.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000831190
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=SEP565039
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

72400000 - Internet services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£450,000 £100K-£500K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
22 Sep 20262 weeks 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
Crown Estate Scotland
Additional Buyers

Argyll and Bute Council

Clackmannanshire Council

Consumer Scotland

Dumfries and Galloway Council

Dundee City Council

Fife Council

Moray Council

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

North Lanarkshire Council

Perth & Kinross Council

Registers of Scotland

Scottish Borders Housing Association

Scottish Government

The Highland Council

Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
EDINBURGH
Postcode
EH3 9GL
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
City Centre
Westminster Constituency
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
35
Supplier Names

Storm ID Ltd

NEC Software Solutions UK Limited

FRP Advisory

Mitie

Turner & Townsend

Jump Research

Chase Services Group Ltd

Houlder Limited

IFF Research

Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd

GC Insight Ltd

Amey OW Ltd

Beam Up Ltd

Gemmell & Prout Marine Limited

Venesky Brown Ltd

SKODA UK

HaskoningDHV UK Ltd

William Yule & Son Limited

LEARNING POOL LIMITED

Abbeyfield Kirkcaldy Society Limited

Sanderson Government and Defence

Helpthemove Ltd

George Brown & Sons Engineers (Leith) Limited

VWR International Ltd

WSP UK Limited

Stantec UK Ltd

Galliford Try Construction Ltd

Specialist Computer Centres

8x8 UK Limited

Ipsos MORI

Decathlon UK

Findel Education Ltd

RJM Sports Ltd

Boswell Mitchell & Johnston Ltd

BLAZIE ENGINEERING LIMITED

Further Information

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