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title: "UKRI DDaT19266 IUK Private Cloud Hosting and Support Services"
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# UKRI DDaT19266 IUK Private Cloud Hosting and Support Services

Buyer: UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-8ba430dc-faef-481a-bbd9-c171118468fe

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## Summary

The procurement process involves UK Shared Business Services Limited acting on behalf of the United Kingdom Research and Innovation, which has awarded the contract for "UKRI DDaT19266 IUK Private Cloud Hosting and Support Services." This contract falls within the IT services industry, specifically focusing on cloud hosting and support, with a total contract value of £995,815 (GBP). The contract period spans from November 1, 2019, to October 31, 2020, and was awarded under the Crown Commercial Services RM1557.11 G Cloud 11 framework. The procurement method was selective and the relevant contract was completed on October 31, 2019.

This tender presents an excellent opportunity for businesses specialising in IT services, particularly those offering cloud hosting, software development, and system upgrades. Companies that are small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), as well as voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs), may find themselves well-suited to compete for such contracts. The awarded contract involves enhancements to multiple UKRI platforms, which could lead to additional projects requiring skilled service providers capable of delivering innovative IT solutions and support services.

## Notice

UK Shared Business Services Ltd acting on behalf of the contracting authority United Kingdom Research and Innovation have put in place a contract for cloud hosting and support services for the following UKRI platforms: 1)_Connect; 2) Grants; 3) KTP. As part of the ongoing hosting and maintenance service provision, a series of service enhancements and upgrades have been agreed, which will be delivered over the term of the forthcoming contract. These upgrades and enhancements are: 1) Implementation of new load balancer on Connect and Grants; 2) Implementation of new monitoring and network control systems; 3) Upgrade of all core firewall firmware to the latest versions (currently on latest branch); 4) Switch to new virtualisation and storage platform; 5) Deployment of new DNS infrastructure to remove reliable on static host files; 6) Upgrade of all sub-systems to Debian 9 or 10; 7) Upgrade of Apache Solr and MySQL to latest versions; 8) Rewrite of all firewall rules to improve security and reduce load on new firewall appliances; 9) Implementation of automatic penetration testing; 10) Rebuild of the Atlassian DevTools stack within AWS - latest version (currently on latest in branch) and improved scaling/resilience; 11) Liferay (6.2) Upgrade completion; 12) OpenAM Upgrade completion. This contract has been awarded in alignment with the Crown Commercial Services RM1557.11 G Cloud 11 framework

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0f8fb13c-2b2d-492c-88da-17bab1c2e82f |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Call-off from a framework agreement |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 2 Dec 2019 |
| Submission deadline | 31 Oct 2019 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 31 Oct 2019 |
| Contract period | 1 Nov 2019 - 31 Oct 2020 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £995,815 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £995,815 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED |
| Locality | SWINDON |
| Post town | Swindon |
| Postcode | SN2 1FF |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire |
| ITL 3 | TLK71 Swindon |
| Local authority | Swindon |
| Electoral ward | Rodbourne Cheney |
| Westminster constituency | Swindon North |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | CAPITA BUSINESS SERVICES |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems
- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

### Codes

- 48000000 - Software package and information systems
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

## Release History

- 2 Dec 2019 at 12:26 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0f8fb13c-2b2d-492c-88da-17bab1c2e82f

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0f8fb13c-2b2d-492c-88da-17bab1c2e82f
  2nd December 2019 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

## Notice URLs

- http://www.uksbs.co.uk

## Provenance

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