--- title: "01|PIN | Market consultation | Cloud Services for R&E - OCRE 2024" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-03ed4b" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-03ed4b" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03ed4b.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03ed4b.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "GEANT" published: "2023-08-04" --- # 01|PIN | Market consultation | Cloud Services for R&E - OCRE 2024 Buyer: GEANT Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03ed4b [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-03ed4b) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03ed4b.json) ## Summary The public procurement contracting process involves a market consultation titled "01|PIN | Market consultation | Cloud Services for R&E - OCRE 2024" initiated by GEANT in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The procurement falls under the IT services category, with a focus on cloud services for research and education. GEANT, acting as a central purchasing body, plans to run the GÉANT Cloud Framework OCRE 2024 tender to facilitate commercial cloud service providers in reaching the research and education community compliantly. The communication of future notice regarding this tender is scheduled for February 14, 2024. This tender by GEANT presents opportunities for businesses interested in providing cloud services for research and education sectors. Companies offering IaaS+ solutions and aiming to cater to the European procurement legislation are well-suited to compete. The procurement stage is currently at the planned status, with a focus on creating a framework to facilitate the consumption of cloud services in alignment with relevant rules and regulations. Businesses aiming to provide innovative cloud solutions compliant with procurement legislation and cater to the specific needs of the research and education sector would find this tender beneficial for business growth. ## Notice This is market consultation, run by GEANT as central purchasing body, intends to run a successor framework tender to build on the successes of the 2016 GEANT IaaS tender and the 2020 OCRE tender. The planned GEANT Cloud Framework OCRE 2024 (OCRE 2024) tender directly addresses one of the main challenges faced by the Pan European Research and Education community: how to incorporate commercial digital cloud cervices in their work compliant with relevant rules and regulations including privacy and public procurement, and how to find and acquire suitable services. Commercial cloud service providers also find it difficult to reach the education and research community with the right service solutions. The aim of the planned tender is to remove the barriers between the demand and supply side by making it easier for commercial suppliers to deliver their services and for the Pan European Research and Education institutions to procure them. Please read the Word document provided carefully. ### Lot Information Lot 1 The scope of the procurement for this market consultation is described in abbreviated terms as IaaS+ | CloudServices, to: * Establish a framework and make it easy for NRENs and their Institutions (Customers) to consume IaaS+ services in a manner compliant with European procurement legislation and with the right conditions of use. By aggregating demand across the Customers and negotiating integrated brokerage and service delivery, the Customers will be able to get the best possible value from cloud services * Provide a direct route for Economic Operators to more easily and efficiently reach and deliver their IaaS solutions to Customers. An 'IaaS(+) solution' or Solution is in the intended tender defined as follows: An 'IaaS(+) solution' or Solution provides an on-demand availability of computer system resources, especially data storage and computing power without direct active management by the user. Please see the attached Word document with title: OCRE 2024 PIN | Pre-Procurement Market consultation, in the requirements on the Mercell Platform to be downloaded for all information. Additional information: Please find all information regarding this market consultation in the Word Document with title: OCRE 2024 PIN | Pre-Procurement Market consultation to be downloaded from the Mercell Platform. NB No rights can be derived from this market consultation. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022803-2023 | | Notice type | Planning Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 4 Aug 2023 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 14 Feb 2024 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planned | | Lots status | Planned | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | GEANT | | Locality | AMSTERDAM | | Post town | Not specified | | Postcode | 110 2BR | | Country | Not specified | | ITL 1 | Not specified | | ITL 2 | Not specified | | ITL 3 | Not specified | | Local authority | Not specified | | Electoral ward | Not specified | | Westminster constituency | Not specified | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ### Codes - 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ## Release History - 4 Aug 2023 at 14:51 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022803-2023 ## Notice URLs - http://www.geant.org - https://s2c.mercell.com/buyer/2384 ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. The canonical page is https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-03ed4b. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03ed4b.json.