Official UK procurement notice
Cloud Compute · UK public procurement notice
Authority: The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCrown Commercial Service as the contracting authority has put in place a Pan Government Collaborative Framework Agreement for use by UK public sector bodies identified at VI.3) (and any future successors to these organisations), which include Central Government Departments and their Arm’s Length Bodies and Agencies, Non Departmental Public Bodies, NHS bodies and Local Authorities. This will be a route to market for eligible user organisations to procure their scalable cloud hosting requirements as more specifically described in section II.2.4.
CPV: Application service providers · Computer platforms · Computer time-sharing services · Computer-related services · Data management services · Data services · Data storage services · Data-processing services · Internet or intranet client application development services · Internet or intranet server application development services · Mainframe operating system software development services · Operating systems · +5 more
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The main purpose of this Framework Agreement was to put in place a route for UK public…Awarded
The main purpose of this Framework Agreement was to put in place a route for UK public sector organisations (Buyers) to buy their Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) requirements directly from the owners of public cloud platforms (Suppliers).
The scope is necessarily restricted to ‘pure’ compute requirements which do not require additional services such as design, detailed configuration, tailoring or any ongoing management or professional services to assist with data migration in/out. The Services can most simply and usefully be thought of as a commodity ‘utility’ service where Buyers connect to and and use the Supplier’s platform and processing resources for their own requirements, subject to acceptable use policies and compliance with Law. Examples could include the development of new software applications or to manipulate large sets of data such as weather prediction or modelling medical scenarios, and particularly the ability for the services to be rapidly scalable at short notice.
This Framework Agreement will offer self-serve functionality to Buyers with the protection of appropriate and robust contract conditions which have been specially developed for this purpose.
Bidders were required to meet the following key requirements to have participated in the procurement of this Framework Agreement:
- Full and exclusive control of the infrastructure which underpins the platform used to provide the Services
- They must use the Public Cloud Deployment Model here: nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/SP/n… ↗ to provide the Services
- They must be capable of providing the Services primarily from within the UK (where specifically required by Buyers)
- They must be able to offer a platform availability of 99.9% across an all day every day baseline
- They must provide one example of a contract where you have delivered services using the Public Cloud Deployment Model to a customer organisation (public or private sector) in Europe during the last three years
Please refer to Framework Schedule 2 (Services) for the full scope of the Services. Additional information: With reference to II.2.7 please note the duration of the Framework Agreement will be a maximum of 48 months, with the first term being 24 months, with a possible extension of 2 (two) 12-month periods.
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 sub-criteria (3)
- Quality: 90
- Price: 10
- price: 100
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality: 90
- Price: 10
- Price: 100
- Price carries 110 of 200 points: a 10% discount moves about 11 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
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
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 21 May 2021, 22:45 BST
- Last source update
- 21 May 2021, 22:45 BST
- Authority reference
RM6111- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-011421- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02b40fFind 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/bf6933db-6025-4eea-b9de-24b2041bfdbc 1) Redacted Commercial Agreement; 2) List of Successful Suppliers; 3) Customer list On 2.4.2014 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.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| AWS EMEA SARL | £750,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
| Fordway Solutions LimitedSME | £750,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
| Frontier Technology LtdSME | £750,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
| Google Commerce Ltd. | £750,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
| IBM UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED | £750,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
| Microsoft Ltd | £72,500,000 † | — | Awarded |
| Oracle Corporation UK Limited | £750,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
| UKCloud LtdSME | £750,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
| UKFast.Net Limited | £750,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 011421-2021-1 · AWS EMEA SARL
- Signed
- 5 May 2021
- Value
- £750,000,000
- Status
- active
Contract 011421-2021-2 · Fordway Solutions LimitedSME
- Signed
- 5 May 2021
- Value
- £750,000,000
- Status
- active
Contract 011421-2021-3 · Frontier Technology LtdSME
- Signed
- 5 May 2021
- Value
- £750,000,000
- Status
- active
Contract 011421-2021-4 · Google Commerce Ltd.
- Signed
- 5 May 2021
- Value
- £750,000,000
- Status
- active
Contract 011421-2021-5 · IBM UNITED KINGDOM LIMITED
- Signed
- 5 May 2021
- Value
- £750,000,000
- Status
- active
Contract 011421-2021-6 · Microsoft Ltd
- Signed
- 5 May 2021
- Value
- £72,500,000
- Status
- active
Contract 011421-2021-7 · Oracle Corporation UK Limited
- Signed
- 5 May 2021
- Value
- £750,000,000
- Status
- active
Contract 011421-2021-8 · UKCloud LtdSME
- Signed
- 5 May 2021
- Value
- £750,000,000
- Status
- active
Contract 011421-2021-9 · UKFast.Net Limited
- Signed
- 5 May 2021
- Value
- £750,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10bids · 10 electronic | 4 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
9 commercial parties on the notice- AWS EMEA SARLAwarded supplier
- Fordway Solutions LtdAwarded supplier
- Frontier Technology LtdAwarded supplier
- Google Commerce Ltd.Awarded supplier
- IBM United Kingdom LimitedAwarded supplier
- Microsoft LimitedAwarded supplier
- Oracle Corporation UK LtdAwarded supplier
- UKCloud LtdAwarded supplier
- UKFast.Net LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.