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title: "Award of Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000638053"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT"
published: "2021-02-04"
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# Award of Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Buyer: SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000638053

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## Summary

The Scottish Government is seeking a contractor for the position of Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) based in Glasgow, with home working options due to the ongoing Covid crisis. The tender process is currently at the award stage following the tender period which ran from 11 January 2021 to 7 January 2022. The procurement was executed under the category of IT services, specifically focusing on consulting, software development, and support. The awarded contract, valued at £189,370, was signed on 9 December 2020, with a total of three bids submitted during the procurement process.

This opportunity is ideal for IT service providers with expertise in site reliability engineering, particularly those proficient in Amazon Web Services (AWS), infrastructure automation using Terraform and Ansible, and Linux/Unix administration. Businesses specialising in cloud services, system monitoring, performance tuning, and related IT consulting services should consider competing for this contract to expand their market presence and service offerings within the public sector.

## Notice

1 x Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) based in Glasgow (home working during Covid crisis)Essential Skills & Knowledge:*** We require all our suppliers to strictly look into this skill set when they search and submit candidates for this position ***The Scottish Government are looking for a Site Reliability Engineer with the following skillset and experiences;Skills and Experience we are looking for:* Experience running root cause analysis on large distributed system ensuring that failure is not repeated* Understanding of software and infrastructure architecture including performance tuning applications, infrastructure and databases;* Experience scaling system sustainably through automation and evolve systems by pushing for changes that improve reliability, velocity and cost efficiency.* Proficient in system monitoring, capacity planning, business continuity, system support and failure diagnosis;* Strong Amazon Web services knowledge minimum of 3 years hands on experience* Solid and demonstrable understanding of AWS well architected framework;* In-depth Infrastructure as Code experience for automation and configuration management (specifically Terraform, Ansible, packer and CloudWatch)* Evangelist for Continuous integration and Continuous Delivery methodologies reducing toil and ensuring maximum change velocity and deployment consistency* Excellent Linux/Unix system administration skills with a bias towards RedHat Enterprise Linux versions 7 and CentOS;

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=FEB405800 |
| Notice type | PCS Notice - Quick Quote Award |
| 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 | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 4 Feb 2021 |
| Submission deadline | 1 Jul 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 12 Sep 2020 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £189,370 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT |
| Additional buyers | ACCOUNTANT IN BANKRUPTCY; ARGYLL COMMUNITY HOUSING ASSOCIATION LIMITED; CALMAC FERRIES LIMITED; CLACKMANNANSHIRE COUNCIL; COMHAIRLE NAN EILEAN SIAR; CROWN OFFICE AND PROCURATOR FISCAL SERVICE; DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY COUNCIL; EAST DUNBARTONSHIRE COUNCIL; EAST LOTHIAN COUNCIL; FORESTRY AND LAND SCOTLAND; MORAY COUNCIL; NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SCOTLAND; NEW COLLEGE LANARKSHIRE; NHS LANARKSHIRE; NORTH LANARKSHIRE COUNCIL; PAROLE BOARD FOR SCOTLAND; PERTH & KINROSS COUNCIL; SCOTTISH FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE; SCOTTISH POLICE AUTHORITY; SCOTTISH QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY; SOCIAL CARE AND SOCIAL WORK IMPROVEMENT SCOTLAND (CARE INSPECTORATE); SRUC; THE CITY OF EDINBURGH COUNCIL |
| Locality | INVERNESS |
| Post town | Inverness |
| Postcode | IV2 7GB |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM3 West Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM33 Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire, and Renfrewshire |
| Local authority | Inverclyde |
| Electoral ward | Inverclyde West |
| Westminster constituency | Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 67 |
| Supplier names | A M PHILLIP TRUCKTECH; AIRSTREAM VENTILATION SOLUTIONS; AKHTER COMPUTERS; ALLSPORTS CONSTRUCTION & MAINTENANCE; AMD CONTRACT SERVICES; ANDERSON STRATHERN; APPLE OILS; ARUP; ASA RECRUITMENT (QUICK QUOTES; AURORA TRANSPORT; BOREAL FORESTRY; BSL INTERIORS; C AND A INTERIORS; CAPTURE ALL; CASTLEVIEW PLANT; CODECLAN; DMFCA; DUNCAN WEMYSS; FRETWELL-DOWNING HOSPITALITY (CIVICA; GEO-ROPE; GILSON GRAY; HARPER MACLEOD; HARVEY NASH; HAS TECHNOLOGY; HIGHAND TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; HITRAK; IAIN; IMPACT FUNDING PARTNERS; IMPERIAL COMMERCIALS; IVOR KNOX CONSULTING; JAMES HUTTON INSTITUTE; JOHN GILBERT ARCHITECTS; JOHN THOMSON CONSTRUCTION; KINGDOM SERVICES GROUP; KPMG; LORETTO CARE; LORIEN RESOURCING; MACROBERTS; MARKETING MIKE; MORRIS & SPOTTISWOOD; MURRAY FORESTRY; NICOLA ASKHAM; NITH VALLEY CONSTRUCTION; NOREMAC ARGYLL; OLM SCOTLAND; ORONA; PERTEMPS; PHOENIX SOFTWARE; PITNEY BOWES; PTFS EUROPE; REPUBLIC OF MEDIA; RF BROWN CONTAINERS; RISK MANAGEMENT PARTNERS; ROSS MACARTHUR CONTRACTORS; RSM (QUICK QUOTE CONTACT; SMURFIT KAPPA RECYCLING; SSUK; STIRLING PARK; SUPPORT IN MIND SCOTLAND; TETRALOGICAL; THE GATE WORLDWIDE; THE GOOD BOX CO LABS LTD T/A GOODBOX; THE ROCK TRUST; VENESKY BROWN; VENESKY-BROWN RECRUITMENT; WILSONS AUCTIONS; ZM ARCHITECTURE |

## 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 Feb 2021 at 09:03 - Award - PCS Notice - Quick Quote Award - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=FEB405800

## Notice URLs

- http://firescotland.gov.uk
- http://https://forestryandland.gov.scot
- http://https://www.cne-siar.gov.uk
- http://www.acha.co.uk
- http://www.aib.gov.uk
- http://www.calmac.co.uk
- http://www.careinspectorate.gov.scot
- http://www.clacks.gov.uk/business/corporateprocurementprocess/
- http://www.copfs.gov.uk/
- http://www.dumgal.gov.uk
- http://www.eastdunbarton.gov.uk
- http://www.eastlothian.gov.uk
- http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk
- http://www.moray.gov.uk
- http://www.nclanarkshire.ac.uk
- http://www.nhslanarkshire.org.uk
- http://www.nls.uk
- http://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk
- http://www.pkc.gov.uk
- http://www.scotland.gov.uk
- http://www.spa.police.uk
- http://www.sqa.org.uk
- http://www.sruc.ac.uk

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