YPO - 001126 - Cloud Services, Data Centre Management and Transformation Solutions

Lot 1 is for the provision of standard cloud compute requirements and ready to deploy solutions, provided ‘as a service model’, via a Cloud Infrastructure Service Provider (CISP) or certified reseller. The purpose of this Lot is to put in place a route for Contracting Authorities to buy their Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) requirements, for hosting their applications in the cloud. The Contracting Authority will use the Providers cloud platform to store and process their data requirements on demand, without the need for capital hardware or additional cloud support services.

Lot 2 is for the provision of Cloud Support Services which assist customers with supportive cloud services to build, manage, develop, maintain and/or modernise their cloud environment and deliver desired outcomes. This Lot covers all the cloud utilities available within Lot 1 – Cloud Hosting, but with additional service wrap support such as deployment and management of a cloud environment to allow Contracting Authorities to procure within a single Lot.

Lot 3 is for the provision of an end-to-end cloud and hybrid transformation solutions, which are designed to assist and support a Contracting Authority with their cloud and data strategy, from initial point of discovery and analysis, through to end service delivery and management. The purpose of this Lot is for the Contracting Authority to align with a strategic service Provider who will collaborate with the Contracting Authority throughout their transformation project, no matter the size of the requirement, or length of the journey, to successfully migrate their services to the right workload for their environment.

Lot 4 is for the provision of Data Centre Solutions, incorporating design and build, to assist Contracting Authority’s with the planning, development and/or enhancement of their current or future environment(s). The Provider/s must be able to assist with on or off premise infrastructure providing a range of data centre solutions including but not limited to new build, refurbishment of existing structures, environment upgrades, modular, prefabricated and micro data centres (such as but not limited to server rooms).

Under Lot 5 the Contracting Authority will be buying Data Centre Maintenance and Support with the operational services associated. The service Provider shall provide guidance to the Contracting Authority where appropriate, on the type of services best suited to their requirements within the remit of this Lot.

Lot 6 is for the provision of colocation services, which allows a Contracting Authority to rent dedicated and lockable space for the housing of their existing IT equipment (such as servers and associated hardware). The racks, cages and/or rooms, are housed at a colocation service Providers data centre facility to host the Contracting Authorities services from an alternative site to their own. A colocation facility can be utilised for a primary or secondary data centre.