--- title: "Resources and services to support the organisation's planning and delivery of a Cloud Transition Programme for National digital services in Wales" ocid: "ocds-kuma6s-146425" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-kuma6s-146425" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-kuma6s-146425.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-kuma6s-146425.json" source: "Sell2Wales" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "DIGITAL HEALTH AND CARE WALES" published: "2024-12-11" --- # Resources and services to support the organisation's planning and delivery of a Cloud Transition Programme for National digital services in Wales Buyer: DIGITAL HEALTH AND CARE WALES Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-kuma6s-146425 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-kuma6s-146425) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-kuma6s-146425.json) ## Summary Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW) is in the planning stage of a procurement process focused on the delivery of a Cloud Transition Programme for national digital services in Wales. The project involves multiple lots, including Technical Readiness (Cloud Platforms), Migration Planning and Support, and Organisation Development to enable DHCW to become cloud-first. The procurement category is services in the health industry, with a key engagement date of 14th January 2025 for a Supplier Briefing session, aiming to facilitate market engagement before a competitive procurement slated for March/April 2025. The procurement process intends to establish a multi-vendor, multi-lot Framework Agreement with a four-year term. This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in cloud transformations, infrastructure migration, and organisational change management. Firms with expertise in cloud services, particularly in transitioning from on-premises data centres to platforms such as Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform, are well-suited to compete. The procurement offers potential economic operators the chance to demonstrate their capabilities and integrate as partners in a larger programme, fostering growth through high-value contracts and collaboration with a central purchasing body like DHCW. ## Notice This Prior Information Notice (PIN) is for DHCW to engage with suppliers to understand their capability, capacity and approaches to provide Cloud Transition resources who can support the following Lots: Lot 1-Technical Readiness (Cloud Platforms) Lot 2-Migration Planning and Support Lot 3-Organisation Development - Enabling DHCW to become Cloud First DHCW is seeking one or more suppliers to support this work. We have already undertaken a significant amount of work to estimate costs, consider migration approach and to develop a business case. The migration approach which has been selected is: -Migrate, Optimise and Re-platform - services are migrated using a blend of rehosting and re-platforming services to maximise benefits and efficiencies associated with cloud hosting such as using Open-Source products There are circa 90 services to migrate, on approximately 1,600 servers. Suppliers will need to be flexible to support various migration approaches and provide training and support for DHCW staff to develop cloud skills. Due to the complexities and time constraints, it will require significant capabilities and experience in Cloud transformations and will need both internal SMEs as well as 3rd party partners to support the delivery in accordance with a planned programme of joint activity. It is proposed that the team is made up of a blend of in-house resources that are allocated full time and expert consultants. DHCW will appoint a suitably senior Programme Lead, Project Managers and Technical Leads to lead this programme. The current services (those to be migrated) operate from a mix of two on-premises data centres, but others are already running in Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform. The services will be migrated to one of these two platforms, but the programme is also looking to establish connectivity and tooling to enable other providers to be brought on-line as the need arises in the future. Initial engagement will be via a Supplier Briefing session to be scheduled on Tuesday 14th January 2025. A full itinerary will be provided to those suppliers who express an interest. The Authority's intention is, using the intelligence gained from the supplier Briefing session, to understand what Cloud Transition services are available in the market place with a view to undertaking a competitive procurement from March/April 2025. DHCW will potentially be seeking a multi vendor, multi lot Framework Agreement with the ability to call off resources to augment DHCW teams and output based requirements as necessitated by the Authority. The Authority may also consider off shoring options too. The initial term for the new Framework Agreement will be four (4) years. However, Suppliers are to note that the Authority is not bound to proceed with a future competitive procurement but will provide further and a more definitive notice to the market in relation to its intention to procure once the market engagement process is complete. ### Lot Information Migration Planning and Support Migration Planning and Support: Activities to analyse the current infrastructure, determine appropriate migration approaches, and support the migration process. Organisation Development - Enabling DHCW to become Cloud First Cloud Organisation Development: Activities to support DHCW in becoming a cloud-led organisation, including training, cultural change management, and ongoing support. Technical Readiness (Cloud Platforms) Technical Readiness: Activities to ensure the cloud platform infrastructures are designed and implemented to meet best practices and DHCW's requirements ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Sell2Wales | | Latest notice | https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=146425 | | Notice type | OJEU - F1 - Prior Information Notice | | Procurement type | Framework | | 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 | 11 Dec 2024 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 7 Apr 2025 | | 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 | DIGITAL HEALTH AND CARE WALES | | Locality | CARDIFF | | Post town | Cardiff | | Postcode | CF11 9AD | | Country | Wales | | ITL 1 | TLL Wales | | ITL 2 | TLL5 South East Wales | | ITL 3 | TLL52 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan | | Local authority | Cardiff | | Electoral ward | Riverside | | Westminster constituency | Cardiff West | | 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 - 11 Dec 2024 at 00:00 - Planning - OJEU - F1 - Prior Information Notice - https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=146425 ## Documents - https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC496086 Resources and services to support the organisation's planning and delivery of a Cloud Transition Programme for National digital services in Wales - This Prior Information Notice (PIN) is for DHCW to engage with suppliers to understand their capability, capacity and approaches to provide Cloud Transition resources who can support the following Lots: Lot 1-Technical Readiness (Cloud Platforms) Lot 2-Migration Planning and Support Lot 3-Organisation Development - Enabling DHCW to become Cloud First DHCW is seeking one or more suppliers to support this work. We have already undertaken a significant amount of work to estimate costs, consider migration approach and to develop a business case. The migration approach which has been selected is: -Migrate, Optimise and Re-platform - services are migrated using a blend of rehosting and re-platforming services to maximise benefits and efficiencies associated with cloud hosting such as using Open-Source products There are circa 90 services to migrate, on approximately 1,600 servers. Suppliers will need to be flexible to support various migration approaches and provide training and support for DHCW staff to develop cloud skills. Due to the complexities and time constraints, it will require significant capabilities and experience in Cloud transformations and will need both internal SMEs as well as 3rd party partners to support the delivery in accordance with a planned programme of joint activity. It is proposed that the team is made up of a blend of in-house resources that are allocated full time and expert consultants. DHCW will appoint a suitably senior Programme Lead, Project Managers and Technical Leads to lead this programme. The current services (those to be migrated) operate from a mix of two on-premises data centres, but others are already running in Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform. The services will be migrated to one of these two platforms, but the programme is also looking to establish connectivity and tooling to enable other providers to be brought on-line as the need arises in the future. Initial engagement will be via a Supplier Briefing session to be scheduled on Tuesday 14th January 2025. A full itinerary will be provided to those suppliers who express an interest. The Authority's intention is, using the intelligence gained from the supplier Briefing session, to understand what Cloud Transition services are available in the market place with a view to undertaking a competitive procurement from March/April 2025. DHCW will potentially be seeking a multi vendor, multi lot Framework Agreement with the ability to call off resources to augment DHCW teams and output based requirements as necessitated by the Authority. The Authority may also consider off shoring options too. The initial term for the new Framework Agreement will be four (4) years. However, Suppliers are to note that the Authority is not bound to proceed with a future competitive procurement but will provide further and a more definitive notice to the market in relation to its intention to procure once the market engagement process is complete. ## Notice URLs - http://dhcw.nhs.wales/ - http://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=146425 - https://api.sell2wales.gov.wales/v1?lang=cy/Notice?id=ocds-kuma6s-146425 ## 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-kuma6s-146425. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-kuma6s-146425.json.