G-Cloud 14 (Lots 1-3)
A Tender Notice
by THE MINISTER FOR THE CABINET OFFICE ACTING THROUGH CROWN COMMERCIAL SERVICE
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Type
- Framework (Services)
- Duration
- 1.5 year
- Value
- £6B
- Sector
- TECHNOLOGY
- Published
- 19 Feb 2024
- Delivery
- To 05 Nov 2025 (est.)
- Deadline
- 07 May 2024 15:00
Concepts
Location
Liverpool
2 buyers
Description
Crown Commercial Service as the Contracting Authority is putting in place a Framework Agreement for use by UK public sector bodies identified at VI.3 in the Contract Notice (and any future successors to these organisations), which include Central Government Departments and their arm’s length bodies and agencies, non-departmental public bodies, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies, NHS bodies, local authorities and universities. The maximum initial duration of any Call-Off Contract that may be placed by eligible Contracting Authorities is up to 36 months with an optional extension of 12 months
Lot Division
| 1 | Cloud Hosting
Cloud hosting services sold through G-Cloud are cloud platform or infrastructure Services that can help buyers do at least one of the following: Deploy, manage and run software, provision and use processing, storage or networking resources. Buyers only need to pay for what they use. The G-Cloud cloud hosting Lot is equivalent to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) definitions of ‘Platform as a Service’ and ‘Infrastructure as a Service’: http://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/SP/nistspecialpublication800-145.pdf G-Cloud cloud hosting Suppliers will provide services in at least one of these categories: Archiving, backup and disaster recovery Compute and application hosting Container service Content delivery network Cyber security Database Data warehousing NoSQL database Relational database Load balancing Logging and analysis Message queuing and processing Networking (including Network as a Service) Platform as a Service (PaaS) Infrastructure and platform security Distributed denial of service attack (DDOS) protection Firewall Service intrusion detection Protective monitoring Search Storage Block storage Object storage. This Lot is for Direct Award only. No Further Competition is permissible. |
| 2 | Cloud Software
Cloud Software Services sold through G-Cloud are applications that are accessed over the internet and hosted in the cloud. Buyers only need to pay for what they use. The G-Cloud cloud software Lot is equivalent to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) definition of Software as a Service: http://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/SP/nistspecialpublication800-145.pdf G-Cloud cloud software Suppliers will provide cloud software services in at least one of these categories: Accounting and finance Analytics and business intelligence Application security Collaborative working Creative, design and publishing Customer relationship management (CRM) Cyber security Electronic document and records management (EDRM) Healthcare Human resources and employee management Information and communication technology (ICT) Legal and enforcement Marketing Operations management Project management and planning Sales Schools, education and libraries Software development tools Transport and logistics This Lot is for Direct Award only. No Further Competition is permissible. |
| 3 | Cloud Support
Planning - the provision of planning services to enable customers to move to cloud software and/or hosting services; Setup and Migration- the provision of setup and migration services which involves the process of consolidating and transferring a collection of workloads. Workloads can include emails, files, calendars,document types, related metadata, instant messages, applications, user permissions, compound structure and linked components; Security services - Maintain the confidentiality, integrity and availability of services and information, and protect services against threats; Quality assurance and performance testing - Continuously ensure that a service does what it’s supposed to do to meet user needs efficiently and reliably; Training; and Ongoing support - Support user needs by providing help before, during and after service delivery This Lot is for Direct Award only. No Further Competition is permissible. |
CPV Codes
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 72300000 - Data services
- 48000000 - Software package and information systems
- 72500000 - Computer-related services
Indicators
- Restrictions apply to the lot award allocation.
- Bids should cover one or more lots.
- Bids should cover the whole contract.
- Renewals are not available.
- Professional qualifications are sought.
- Award on basis of price and quality.
Other Information
As part of this contract notice the following documents can be accessed at: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9637a011-f05e-4fce-a4b9-e5fd98... 1) Contract notice transparency information for the agreement; 2) Contract notice authorised customer list; 3) Rights reserved for CCS framework. The Government Security Classifications (GSC) Policy came into force on 2 April 2014 and describes how HM Government classifies information assets to ensure they are appropriately protected. It applies to all information that the Government collects, stores, processes, generates or shares to deliver services and conduct business. Some purchases under this Framework Agreement may have requirements that can be met under this Framework Agreement but the purchase of which may be exempt from the Procurement Regulations (as defined in Attachment 1 – About the Framework within the invitation to tender documentation). In such cases, Call-Offs from this Framework will be unregulated purchases for the purposes of the Procurement Regulations, and the buyers may, at their discretion, modify the terms of the Framework and any Call-Off Contracts to reflect that buyer’s specific needs. Registering for access: This procurement will be managed electronically via the Digital Marketplace. This will be the route for sharing all information and communicating with Applicants. For assistance relating to how to log in to Digital Marketplace please contact the Crown Commercial Service service desk operated by email at cloud_digital@crowncommercial.gov.uk
Reference
- FTS 005327-2024