Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through the Cabinet Office
9th Floor, The Capital Building, Old Hall Street
Liverpool
L3 9PP
UK
Telephone: +44 3450103503
E-mail: supplier@crowncommercial.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.gov.uk/ccs
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.digitalmarketplace.service.gov.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
Other: Public Procurement
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Cloud Compute
Reference number: RM6111
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72500000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Crown 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).
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
750 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
30211100
30211300
48000000
48211000
48620000
72212211
72212620
72300000
72310000
72311300
72317000
72322000
72416000
72421000
72422000
72500000
72611000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
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:
1) Full and exclusive control of the infrastructure which underpins the platform used to provide the Services;
2) They must use the Public Cloud Deployment Model here: https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/SP/nistspecialpublication800-145.pdf to provide the Services
3) They must be capable of providing the Services primarily from within the UK (where specifically required by Buyers)
4) They must be able to offer a platform availability of 99.9 % across an all day every day baseline
5) 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 3 years
Please refer to Framework Schedule 2 (Services) for the full scope of the Services.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
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.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2020/S 237-586978
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
05/05/2021
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 9
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 4
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 10
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
AWS EMEA SARL
London
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 750 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
05/05/2021
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 10
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 4
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 10
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Fordway Solutions Ltd
Godalming
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 750 000 000.00
EUR
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
05/05/2021
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 10
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 4
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 10
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Frontier Technology Ltd
London
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 750 000 000.00
EUR
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
05/05/2021
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 10
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 4
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 10
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Google Commerce Ltd.
Dublin
IE
NUTS: IE
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 750 000 000.00
EUR
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
05/05/2021
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 10
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 4
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 10
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
IBM United Kingdom Ltd
Portsmouth
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 750 000 000.00
EUR
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
05/05/2021
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 10
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 4
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 10
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Microsoft Ltd
Reading
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 750 000 000.00
EUR
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
05/05/2021
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 10
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 4
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 10
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Oracle Corporation UK Ltd
Reading
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 750 000 000.00
EUR
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
05/05/2021
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 10
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 4
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 10
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
UKCloud Ltd
Corsham
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 750 000 000.00
EUR
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
05/05/2021
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 10
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 4
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 10
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
UKFast.Net Ltd
Manchester
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 750 000 000.00
EUR
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through the Cabinet Office
9th Floor, The Capital, Old Hall Street
Liverpool
L3 9PP
UK
Telephone: +44 3450103503
E-mail: supplier@crowncommercial.gov.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/cabinet-office
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through the Cabinet Office
9th Floor, The Capital, Old Hall Street
Liverpool
L3 9PP
UK
Telephone: +44 3450103503
E-mail: supplier@crowncommercial.gov.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/cabinet-office
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through the Cabinet Office
9th Floor, The Capital, Old Hall Street
Liverpool
L3 9PP
UK
Telephone: +44 3450103503
E-mail: supplier@crowncommercial.gov.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
24/05/2021