Cloud Resale and FinOps for Education & Research in AWS

Official notice

Authority: University of Bristol (Education)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: UK

Awarded value£700,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 8 Jan 2024no call for competition

Awarded to Strategic Blue Services Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Call-off contract for Cloud Resale and FinOps for Education and Research Projects in AWS

Third Party Platform to allow Billing visibility, and AWS cost management, cost optimisation and cost governance, provided for by an AWS Advanced Tier Education Competency partner.

CPV: Added-value database services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1AWS credits up-to value of the call-off contractAwarded

Delivery: UK

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 26 Feb 2025, 15:10 GMT
Last source update: 26 Feb 2025, 15:10 GMT
Authority reference: IT-2312-045-PC_206
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-007316
Classification (CPV): Added-value database services
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04e82a Find a Tender

Why no open competition: No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to restricted procedure
Published justification: Competition was through G-Cloud 13
3 shortlisted services. Only this vendor could provide finops services required.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £700,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 8 Jan 2024

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Strategic Blue Services LimitedAWS Cloud Central Account	£700,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

AWS Cloud Central Account · Strategic Blue Services Limited
Signed
8 Jan 2024
Value
£700,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

University of Bristol

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation 4th Floor, Augustine's Courtyard, Orchard Lane, Bristol, UK, BS1 5DSContact email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

The University of BristolReview body Bristol

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Strategic Blue Services LimitedAwarded supplier WC2H 9QJ, London, London

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.