Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Scottish Government
7th Floor, 4 Atlantic Quay, c/o 5 Atlantic Quay
Glasgow
G2 8LU
UK
Contact person: Stuart Brown
Telephone: +44 1412425626
E-mail: stuart.brown@gov.scot
NUTS: UKM
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.scotland.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA10482
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
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
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Framework for the Provisions of Cloud Services
Reference number: SP-18-027
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The cloud services framework will cover the provision of cloud services. The scope includes the following:
— public cloud (including route to market for hyper-scale public cloud),
— private cloud,
— co-location,
— hybrid cloud,
— community cloud,
— cloud transition services.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
30 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72000000
72315000
72317000
72510000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The authority, on behalf of Scottish Ministers have establishing a multi-supplier national framework agreement for the provision of cloud services. The key aims of the framework are to deliver efficient access to cloud services to the Scottish public sector offering value for money, in a safe, secure and environmentally friendly way.
The scope of the new collaborative arrangement includes:
— public cloud,
— private cloud,
— co-location services,
— community cloud,
— hybrid cloud,
— cloud transition services.
The cloud services framework will support the digital public services strategy and the data hosting and data centre strategy for the
Scottish Public Sector https://www.gov.scot/publications/realising-scotlands-full-potential-digital-world-digital-strategy-scotland/ and
https://www.gov.scot/publications/scotlands-digital-future-data-hosting-data-centre-strategy-scottish-public/
The framework agreement will be available for use by the Scottish Ministers (including Agencies), Scottish Non-Departmental Public
Bodies, offices in the Scottish Administration which are not ministerial offices, cross- border public authorities within the meaning of
Section 88(5) of the Scotland Act 1998, the Scotland Office, the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, Councils constituted under section 2 of the Local Government, etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, the Scottish Police Authority, Scottish health boards or special health boards, all NHS Scotland, The integrated joint boards established further to the public bodies (joint working) Act 2014, bodies registered as social landlords under the housing (Scotland) Act 2001, Student Loans Company Ltd, the Forestry Commission, the Commissioner of Northern Lighthouse operating as the Northern Lighthouse Board, Equality and Human Rights Commission, Business Stream Ltd, the Business Gateway National Unit at the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, further or higher education institutions being fundable bodies within the meaning of Section 6 of the further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005, any public body established by or under the Scotland Act 1998 or any Act of the Scottish Parliament, any association of or formed by one or more of the foregoing, bodies financed wholly or mainly by one or more of the foregoing, bodies subject to management supervision by one or more of the foregoing and bodies more than half of the board of directors or members of which, or, in the case of a group of individuals, more than half of those individuals, being appointed by one or more of the foregoing. In addition to the contracting authorities listed, the framework agreement will be available to charities entered on the Scottish Charity Register and voluntary organisations entered on the membership database of the Scottish Council for voluntary organisations.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality weighting
/ Weighting: 60
Quality criterion: Price weighting
/ Weighting: 40
Price
/ Weighting:
40
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
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
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:
2019/S 040-090688
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: SP-18-027
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
01/08/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 17
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 8
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 17
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
BrightSolid
CBC House, 24 Canning Street
EDinburgh
EH3 8EG
UK
Telephone: +44 7584146174
Fax: +44 1312722871
NUTS: UKM71
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
DataVita
York Road
Chapelhall
ML6 8HW
UK
Telephone: +44 7788213289
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
CAE Technology Services Ltd
CAE House, Colonial Way
Watford
WD24 4PT
UK
Telephone: +44 7967579138
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Insight Direct UK Ltd
Metro Building level 5, Trafford Road
Salford, Manchester
M5 3NN
UK
Telephone: +44 08446928687
NUTS: UKD3
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Iomart Group Plc
Lister Pavilion, Kelvin Campus, West of Scotland Science Park
Glasgow
G20 0SP
UK
Telephone: +44 7710855248
Fax: +44 1419316400
NUTS: UKM82
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Nigsun Ltd
4 Modular Business Park, Norton Road
Stevenage
SG1 2BB
UK
Telephone: +44 2079934030
NUTS: UKH23
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
NVT Group Ltd
Earn House, Earn avenue
Bellshill
ML4 3LW
UK
Telephone: +44 8453893300
Fax: +44 8453893993
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Proact IT UK
Parklands avenue, Eurocentral
Motherwell
ML1 4WQ
UK
Telephone: +44 7896434253
NUTS: UKM84
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Pulsant Ltd
Cadogan House, Rose Kiln Lane
Reading
RG2 0HP
UK
Telephone: +44 7967828506
NUTS: UKM
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Six Degrees
Commodity Quay
London
E1W 1AZ
UK
Telephone: +44 7590860686
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Storm ID
43 Constitution Street
Edinburgh
EH67bg
UK
Telephone: +44 1312603500
NUTS: UKM75
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Sungard Availability services
Forum 1, Station Road
Theale
RG7 4RA
UK
Telephone: +44 2476653041
NUTS: UKJ11
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
UKCloud Ltd
Hartham Park
Corsham
SN13 0RP
UK
Telephone: +44 7585809158
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Velocity Technology Solutions
65 West Regent Street, 1st Floor
Glasgow
G2 2AF
UK
Telephone: +44 1412026412
NUTS: UKM82
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 30 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
N/a
(SC Ref:594028)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Scottish Government
Area 3A South, Victoria Quay, The Shore
Edinburgh
EH6 6QQ
UK
Telephone: +44 13124447556
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.scotland.gov.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
30/08/2019