Official UK procurement notice
Cloud Compute 2 · UK public procurement notice
Authority: The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service (Central government)
What is being bought4 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionCrown Commercial Service (CCS) as the Authority has put in place an agreement for the provision of public cloud computing as a multi-Lot, multi-supplier framework agreement, available for use by those potential Buyers listed in the Contract Notice. These are UK public sector bodies and future successor organisations, which includes (but is not limited to): Central Government Departments and their arm’s length bodies and agencies; the wider public sector; and third sector e.g. public sector or third sector organisations in local government, health, education, police, fire and rescue, housing associations and charities.
Buyers will be able to fulfil their public cloud computing needs directly from core cloud service suppliers or choose to fulfil their requirements indirectly through resellers who will also make available additional value-adding ancillary services that support the customer’s adoption, usage or optimisation of the core cloud services.
This framework agreement also makes available professional services that will provide Buyers with specific enabling work which is short-term in nature and leaves the Buyer in a more capable state than before.
CPV: Application service providers · Computer audit and testing services · Computer platforms · Computer support and consultancy services · Computer time-sharing services · Computer-related services · Data management services · Data services · Data storage services · Data-processing services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Internet or intranet client application development services · +9 more
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 123 bids received · 1 suppliers appointed
Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure
4 lots · all with a published value · win at most 4 of them · same evaluation weights on every lotLot #1Core ServicesAwardedRenewalPublished value£670,000,000
Core Services including integrated feature-rich “IaaS” and “PaaS” services delivered via the public internet and/or other UK government approved network by suppliers in sole control of their infrastructure. Additional information: 12 Suppliers were awarded a place on Lot 1.
Lot #2Value Added Ancillary ServicesCancelledRenewalPublished value£450,000,000
Value-Added Ancillary Services including cloud optimisation, economic management of the Core Services and transition away from legacy technology. Additional information: Only the services of Cloud Service Suppliers who were successful on Lot 1 will be eligible to be resold by Lot 2 Suppliers. 39 Suppliers were awarded a place on Lot 2.
Lot #3Professional ServicesCancelledRenewalPublished value£85,000,000
Professional Services including consultancy, training, cloud auditing, strategy development and road mapping. Additional information: 78 Suppliers were awarded a place on Lot 3.
Lot #4Cloud Secure +CancelledRenewalPublished value£100,000,000
Cloud Secure+, including value-added ancillary services and Professional Services suitable for UK Secret requirements according to NCSC higher security classification. Additional information: 10 Suppliers were awarded a place on Lot 4.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 90
- Price: 10
- Suitability
Candidates will be assessed in accordance with Section 5 of the 2015 Public Contract Regulations (implementing the directive) on the basis of information provided in response to an invitation to tender (ITT) registering for access.
- Price carries 10 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Cloud Compute 2” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 30 Jun 2023, 12:11 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Dec 2023, 09:26 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 7 Aug 2023 – …
- Authority reference
RM6292- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-036728- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03ddd7Find a Tender
Publisher note: The value provided in Section II.1.7 is only an estimate. We cannot guarantee to suppliers any business through this Commercial Agreement. As part of this contract award notice the following can be accessed at: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/dd2358eb-2fb0-4eba-b303-77d39054f75f. 1) Redacted Commercial Agreement 2) List of Successful Suppliers 3) Approved Customer list 4) Transparency Agenda On 02/04/2014, Government introduced its Government Security Classifications (GSC) scheme which replaced Government Protective Marking Scheme (GPMS). A key aspect is the reduction in the number of security classifications used. All bidders were required to make themselves aware of the changes as it may impact this requirement. This link provides information on the GSC at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-security-classifications Cyber Essentials is a mandatory requirement for Central Government contracts which involve handling personal information or provide certain ICT products/services. Government is taking steps to reduce the levels of cyber security risk in its supply chain through the Cyber Essentials scheme. The scheme defines a set of controls which, when implemented, will provide organisations with basic protection from the most prevalent forms of threat coming from the internet. To participate in this procurement, bidders were required to demonstrate they comply with the technical requirements prescribed by Cyber Essentials, for services under and in connection with this procurement. For Lot 1,2,3 and 4. 39 suppliers were awarded a place as opposed to the 30 suppliers as was originally stated in the Contract Notice that was published on 30/06/2023.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 7 Aug 2023, 14:59 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 7 Aug 2023, 15:00 BST
Timeline
7 Aug 2023 → 2 Feb 2024 · 4 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown7 Aug 2023, 14:59 BST
- Bids opened7 Aug 2023, 15:00 BST
- Notice published14 Dec 2023, 09:26 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until2 Feb 2024, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete14 Dec 2023, 09:26 GMT
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | DateIV.2.3 | 7 Aug 2023 | 21 Aug 2023 | +14 d |
1 amendment published without a description.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 036728-2023-1
- Signed
- 28 Nov 2023
- Value
- £1,305,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · Core Services | 123bids · 123 electronic · 92 from abroad | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- See Contracts Finder Notice for full supplier listFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria