NHS SBS CLOUD SOLUTIONS 2 - SBS10256

Services relating to the design of cloud solutions including but not limited to consultancy and advice on migration, acquisition (identification, selection and procurement) and delivery and receipt of cloud services and their use. Bidders will deliver all the mandatory requirements as detailed in the Specification section of the Framework Agreement There are additional Selection Qualification (SQ), Award Questionnaire (AQ) requirements, and Bidder Declarations applicable, and Bidders are asked to respond to these also. A Framework Agreement will be awarded to a maximum of 20 bidders for Lot 1. For Lots 1-3, the maximum number of Bidders may increase where 2 or more Bidders have tied scores in last awardable position for the Lot. Additionally, NHS SBS reserves the right to award to any Bidder whose final score is within 1% of the last awardable position of the Lot

This Lot enables Approved Organisations to procure their requirements for infrastructure, platform and software all using the recognised 'as a service' methodology for cloud delivery, i.e. remotely hosted and delivered via the internet. This includes cloud hosting and access to compute resources. Bidders will deliver all the mandatory requirements as detailed in the Specification section of the Framework Agreement There are additional Selection Qualification (SQ), Award Questionnaire (AQ) requirements, and Bidder Declarations applicable, and Bidders are asked to respond to these also. A Framework Agreement will be awarded to a maximum of 20 bidders for Lot 2. For Lots 1-3, the maximum number of Bidders may increase where 2 or more Bidders have tied scores in last awardable position for the Lot. Additionally, NHS SBS reserves the right to award to any Bidder whose final score is within 1% of the last awardable position of the Lot

This Lot enables Approved Organisations to procure their requirements for services which support and enable the cloud delivery described as being within the scope of Lot 2, including without being limited to, maintenance and support services, advice on configuration and optimisation of cloud infrastructure and related financial operations (FinOps). Bidders will deliver all the mandatory requirements as detailed in the Specification section of the Framework Agreement There are additional Selection Qualification (SQ), Award Questionnaire (AQ) requirements, and Bidder Declarations applicable, and Bidders are asked to respond to these also. A Framework Agreement will be awarded to a maximum of 20 bidders for Lot 3. For Lots 1-3, the maximum number of Bidders may increase where 2 or more Bidders have tied scores in last awardable position for the Lot. Additionally, NHS SBS reserves the right to award to any Bidder whose final score is within 1% of the last awardable position of the Lot

This Lot enables Approved Organisations to procure their requirements for holistic service delivery relating to cloud services which may wholly or partially span the scope of Lots 1 to 3 inclusive. Bidders will deliver all the mandatory requirements as detailed in the Specification section of the Framework Agreement There are additional Selection Qualification (SQ), Award Questionnaire (AQ) requirements, and Bidder Declarations applicable, and Bidders are asked to respond to these also. A Framework Agreement will be awarded to a maximum of 20 bidders for Lot 4. Lot 4 will be populated by those Bidders who have been successfully awarded to Lots 1-3 inclusive and confirmed within the relevant part of their tender that they wish to be considered for appointment to Lot 4.