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title: "GCC006191CPU - The Provision of Compute and Storage Services"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0529b4"
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# GCC006191CPU - The Provision of Compute and Storage Services

Buyer: GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0529b4

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## Summary

The public procurement process conducted by Glasgow City Council, a regional authority in the UK, involves the provision of compute and storage services, falling under the IT services industry category. This process reached the award stage on 31st October 2025 and involves services that include data centre and cloud infrastructure management. The awarded contract, valued at approximately 44,932,948.31 GBP, was signed on 8th October 2025. The services are expected to commence officially by 1st October 2025 in Glasgow, with DataVita Limited identified as the successful supplier. The tender was conducted using an open procedure through the Public Contracts Scotland-Tender portal.

This procurement offers substantial opportunities for business growth, particularly for IT service providers specialising in data storage, server management, and cloud infrastructure. Businesses with experience in managing Tier 3 datacentres, providing disaster recovery services, and ensuring robust cybersecurity measures will find this tender particularly well-suited to their capabilities. Given the contract's potential total value reaching up to 110,000,000 GBP over 129 months, this presents a lucrative opportunity for qualified suppliers to expand their operations and establish a significant footprint within the public sector IT infrastructure landscape.

## Notice

The council invites tender bids for the provision of compute and storage services. This procurement will be conducted via the Public Contracts Scotland-Tender portal (PCS-T). The contract is expected to run for an Initial Term of approximately 69 months. The council will have an option to extend the contract for periods of up to 60 months (in total) which will be exercised by the council serving notice on the Bidder in accordance with the council's Terms and Conditions. The estimated value of this contract over the maximum permitted duration of 129 months (69 plus up to 60) is expected to be within the range of 80,000,000 GBP to 110,000,000 GBP. TUPE may apply to this contract. Please refer to the Procurement Documents contained within PCS-T for full details relating to this opportunity.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The council invites tender bids for the provision of compute and storage services. The Service Provider will provide datacentre and cloud infrastructure services to the council. It is anticipated that the Compute and Storage Services shall commence on 01 October 2025 (the 'Commencement Date'). Following the Due Diligence Period the Service Provider will be required to transition services from the current provider to the Service Provider's environment during the Implementation Period and prior to the Operational Services Commencement Date of 01 July 2026. At a high level the Services will consist of: 1. A primary Tier 3 datacentre conforming to Tier 3 standards; 2. Disaster Recovery provision conforming to Tier 3 standards; 3. Provision, hosting and management of resilient Virtual server environments; 4. Provision, hosting and management of Physical server environments; 5. Installation, management and maintenance of current and new Operating systems and underpinning services; 6. Provision, hosting and management of scalable Storage services; 7. Backup, restore and archive, including immutable backups; 8. Provision and management of Datacentre internal networking; 9. Datacentre power management and reporting; 10. Connectivity between the Service Provider's datacentres and the Council's WAN; 11. Firewall provision, hosting, maintenance, management and configuration; 12. Private cloud infrastructure provision, hosting and management; and 13. Public cloud infrastructure provision and management. As part of the delivery of this service, the Supplier will be required to integrate with the SIAM function. PLEASE NOTE: Due to the nature of the Services, some information related to the procurement is considered sensitive, as it relates to the council's security systems. In order to maintain confidentiality, the council require that a Confidentiality Agreement is signed by an Economic Operator prior to releasing the confidential information to them as part of this tender process. Economic Operators should complete and return the Confidentiality Agreement found within the Tender Pack in the "Buyer Attachments" area of PCS-T, and submit via the Q&A facility on the PCS-T portal as soon as possible. It is only following completion and return that the council shall send the information via email to the nominated individual listed on the Economic Operator's Confidentiality Agreement. Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

Renewal: Option to extend for periods of up to an additional 60 months (in total) at the sole discretion of Glasgow City Council.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/070114-2025 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 31 Oct 2025 |
| Submission deadline | 10 Jul 2025 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 7 Oct 2025 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | This contract has an initial term of 69 months with options to extend for periods of up to 60 months (in total). Reprocurement may therefore take place any time from 2030 onwards. |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £44,932,948 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL |
| Locality | GLASGOW |
| Post town | Glasgow |
| Postcode | G2 1DU |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM3 West Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM32 Glasgow City |
| Local authority | Glasgow City |
| Electoral ward | Anderston/City/Yorkhill |
| Westminster constituency | Glasgow North East |
| Delivery location | TLM82 Glasgow City |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | DATAVITA |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 30 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages
- 48 - Software package and information systems
- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

### Codes

- 30200000 - Computer equipment and supplies
- 48620000 - Operating systems
- 48800000 - Information systems and servers
- 48820000 - Servers
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 72120000 - Hardware disaster-recovery consultancy services
- 72212710 - Backup or recovery software development services
- 72246000 - Systems consultancy services
- 72250000 - System and support services
- 72251000 - Disaster recovery services
- 72252000 - Computer archiving services
- 72253200 - Systems support services
- 72315000 - Data network management and support services
- 72317000 - Data storage services
- 72510000 - Computer-related management services

## Release History

- 31 Oct 2025 at 13:58 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/070114-2025
- 9 Jul 2025 at 10:09 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/038501-2025
- 9 Jul 2025 at 10:07 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/038500-2025
- 30 May 2025 at 12:08 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028781-2025

## Notice URLs

- http://www.glasgow.gov.uk
- http://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000783096
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00196

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