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title: "Open Cloud for Research and Education (OCRE) - IaaS+ Cloud Tender 2024"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-044d3c"
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# Open Cloud for Research and Education (OCRE) - IaaS+ Cloud Tender 2024

Buyer: GÉANT VERENIGING  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-044d3c

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## Summary

The GÉANT Vereniging based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, has issued a tender titled "Open Cloud for Research and Education (OCRE) - IaaS+ Cloud Tender 2024" in the services category. The tender, with the legal basis scheme CELEX, is currently in the active stage. The tender is for IT services including consulting, software development, and Internet support. The deadline for tender submission is 13th May 2024, and the procurement method is an open procedure.

This tender affords business growth opportunities to suppliers able to provide Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) solutions in Albania. The maximum bid amount is 180,700,000 Euros. Suitable businesses include those offering cloud infrastructure services, Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS). The contract period is for 1800 days, without renewal, and submission is via written method. The framework agreement allows for one participant, and the bid validity period is 360 days. The award period starts on 13th May 2024, aligning with the bid opening date.

## Notice

Please note, this notice is a duplicate of the original noticed published by GEANT, found at: https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/171386-2024

### Lot Information

ITT for IaaS+ - OCRE2024 - Albania

Please refer to the original Contract Notice for this opportunity at: https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/171386-2024 For this lot GEANT searches for providers who are able to offer and deliver the following solutions consisting of: IaaS infrastructure as a service. Where the costumer is able to deploy and run arbitrary software, which can include operating systems and applications. The customer does not manage or control the underlying cloud infrastructure but has control over operating systems, storage and deployed applications; and possibly limited control of select networking components (e.g., host firewalls) Note: this definition of compute may include server and serverless computing for example virtual machines, FPGAs, etc. This IaaS(+) solution or Solution may (optionally) also offer: PaaS (Platform as a Service). The capability provided to the consumer is to deploy onto the cloud infrastructure consumer-created or acquired applications created using programming languages, libraries, services and tools supported by the provider. SaaS (Software as a Service) complementary software services utilising Bidders public IaaS/PaaS resources. These complementary software service offerings must utilize (or be based on or directly related to) the Bidders Public IaaS resources (CPU, memory, storage, networking). Managed services or license based (e.g. VMs with applications pre-installed from a vendor's cloud marketplace) services and general PaaS and SaaS services available in the marketplace and running in customer tenancies, may be included but these must be a direct consequence of the usage of IaaS services. The estimates for projected (maximum) usage are provided, are to be considered non-binding and indicative only, and there is no guarantee of such consumption whatsoever. All indications and volumes are provided for information purposes only and will be used by GEANT to set an upper overall maximum amount that may be purchased under a Framework Agreement. No rights can be derived from the indicated estimated value. Additional information: Please refer to the original Contract Notice for this opportunity at: https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/171386-2024

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010456-2024 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 28 Mar 2024 |
| Submission deadline | 13 May 2024 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £180,700,000,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | GÉANT VERENIGING |
| 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 | TLL Wales |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

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

## Release History

- 28 Mar 2024 at 21:18 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010456-2024
- 26 Mar 2024 at 17:03 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009913-2024

## Notice URLs

- http://www.geant.org/
- https://s2c.mercell.com/today/76810
- https://ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/detail/171386-2024
- https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/87175

## Provenance

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