Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-05-18
Buyer: The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service
Country: UK
Region: UNITED KINGDOM
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 48000000 | 72000000 | 72500000
Estimated value: 200000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2016-06-21
Award criteria: Whole life cost: cost effectiveness, price and running costs, Technical merit and functional fit: coverage, network capacity and performance as specified in relevant service levels, After sales service management: help desk, account management function and assurance of supply of a range of services, and, Non-functional characteristics

Technical requirements: Whole life cost: cost effectiveness, price and running costs
Technical merit and functional fit: coverage, network capacity and performance as specified in relevant service levels
After sales service management: help desk, account management function and assurance of supply of a range of services, and
Non-functional characteristics
Crown Commercial Service as the Contracting Authority is putting 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.
The above Public Sector Bodies have a need for a compliant Procurement Vehicle to access Cloud Computing Services.
This Framework will be a recurring Framework, the maximum duration of any Call-Off Contract that may be placed by an eligible Contracting Body is 24 months.
G-Cloud services, available via the Digital Marketplace, will require frequent procurement refreshes to bring on new suppliers and services. Refreshes are being considered at a varying frequency of 3-12 months depending on demand and/or availability of new services as the IT Cloud market develops. Suppliers are recommended to respond to this ITT to ensure services are displayed in the optimum manner on the Digital Marketplace. This G-Cloud 8 procurement will be responded to via the Digital Marketplace and details of how to register are included in the ITT. Suppliers must register on the Digital Marketplace Full instructions on how to register are included in the ITT and suppliers must follow the instructions to register.
Full instructions are contained in the ITT for this procurement and details the steps that suppliers need to take to offer services on the Digital Marketplace.
Lot 1 Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Suppliers will provide processing, storage, networks, and other fundamental computing resources where the Buyer is able to deploy and run arbitrary software, which can include operating systems and applications. The Buyer does not manage or control the underlying cloud infrastructure but has control over operating systems, storage, and deployed applications; and possibly limited control of select networking components (e.g., host firewalls).
The capability provided to the consumer is to provision processing, storage, networks, and other fundamental computing resources where the consumer is able to deploy and run arbitrary software, which can include operating systems and applications. The Consumer does not manage or control the underlying cloud infrastructure but has control over operating systems, storage, and deployed applications; and possibly limited control of select networking components (e.g., host firewalls).
The figure stated of (999) is the highest allowable on the eNotice, however the envisaged number of operators is unlimited.
The Framework Agreement duration is for 1 year however the Contracting Authority reserves the right to extend the duration of this Framework Agreement for any period up to a maximum of six (6) months from the expiry of the Initial Term.
Lot 2 Platform as a Service (PaaS) Suppliers will provide deployment onto the cloud infrastructure Buyer-created or acquired applications created using programming languages, libraries, services, and tools supported by the Supplier. The Buyer does not manage or control the underlying cloud infrastructure including network, servers, operating systems, or storage, but has control over the deployed applications and possibly configuration settings for the application-hosting environment.
The capability provided to the Consumer is to deploy onto the cloud infrastructure Consumer-created or acquired applications created using programming languages, libraries, services, and tools supported by the provider. The consumer does not manage or control the underlying cloud infrastructure including network, servers, operating systems, or storage, but has control over the deployed applications and possibly configuration settings for the application-hosting environment.

Eligibility requirements: Potential Providers will be assessed in accordance with Section 5 of Chapter 2 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, as amended, on the basis of information provided in response to an Invitation to Tender (‘ITT’). This G-Cloud 8 procurement will be responded to via the Digital Marketplace (accessed here: https://www.digitalmarketplace.service.gov.uk) and details of how to register are included in the ITT; suppliers must register on the Digital Marketplace. 1. Create, or log into, an account on the Digital Marketplace homepage https://www.digitalmarketplace.service.gov.uk (this is only required once for all tenders on the platform) - Click on ‘Log into existing supplier account’ or ‘Create new supplier account’. To create a new supplier account, you will need to provide your company's head office DUNS number, Companies House number (if you have 1, and contact details. 2. Register your interest in becoming a G-Cloud 8 supplier — Log in to the Digital Marketplace. Click the ‘Register your interest in becoming a G-Cloud 8 supplier’ link at the top of the page. You can now receive G-Cloud 8 email updates, read G-Cloud 8 guidance, ask clarification questions, make your supplier declaration and add services to your submission. 3. Services that you've marked as ‘complete’ will be automatically submitted at 17:00 BST, 21.6.2016 If you have also made the supplier declaration. You must ask any clarification questions on the Digital Marketplace G-Cloud 8 updates page at www.digitalmarketplace.service.gov.uk/suppliers/frameworks/g-cloud-8/updates Full instructions are contained in the ITT for this procurement and details the steps that suppliers need to take to offer services on the Digital Marketplace. Potential Providers will be assessed on the basis of information provided in response to an ITT. This procurement will be managed electronically via the Digital Marketplace. To participate in this procurement, participants must first be registered on the Digital Marketplace. If you have not yet registered on the Digital Marketplace, this can be done online at https://www.digitalmarketplace.service.gov.uk/suppliers/create Click on ‘Create new supplier account’. You will need to provide your company's head office DUNS number, Companies House number (if you have one), and contact details. The Contracting Authority is not conducting financial checks for appointment to the Framework Agreement. Financial checks may be performed by the Contracting Bodies at the time of Call-Off prior to direct award. Potential Providers will be assessed in accordance with Section 5 of Chapter 2 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, as amended, on the basis of information provided in response to an Invitation to Tender (‘ITT’). The ITT can be accessed at: https://www.digitalmarketplace.service.gov.uk/ using the instructions detailed in III.2.1) The Contracting Authority may have regard to either or both of the following means in its assessment: (a) An assessment of the services proposed by the Supplier, the Contracting Authority will publish the minimum set of service criteria that suppliers are required to make visible as part of their catalogue entries and service definitions as part of the ITT. (b) Using a claims-based approach; the G-Cloud programme will confirm that the service makes clear and unambiguous statements about the published criteria. This will result in a high-level and initial G-Cloud Assurance.
Potential Providers will be assessed on the basis of information provided in response to an ITT. This procurement will be managed electronically via the Digital Marketplace. To participate in this procurement, participants must first be registered on the Digital Marketplace. If you have not yet registered on the Digital Marketplace, this can be done online at https://www.digitalmarketplace.service.gov.uk/suppliers/create Click on ‘Create new supplier account’. You will need to provide your company's head office DUNS number, Companies House number (if you have one), and contact details. The Contracting Authority is not conducting financial checks for appointment to the Framework Agreement. Financial checks may be performed by the Contracting Bodies at the time of Call-Off prior to direct award.
Potential Providers will be assessed in accordance with Section 5 of Chapter 2 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, as amended, on the basis of information provided in response to an Invitation to Tender (‘ITT’). The ITT can be accessed at: https://www.digitalmarketplace.service.gov.uk/ using the instructions detailed in III.2.1) The Contracting Authority may have regard to either or both of the following means in its assessment: (a) An assessment of the services proposed by the Supplier, the Contracting Authority will publish the minimum set of service criteria that suppliers are required to make visible as part of their catalogue entries and service definitions as part of the ITT. (b) Using a claims-based approach; the G-Cloud programme will confirm that the service makes clear and unambiguous statements about the published criteria. This will result in a high-level and initial G-Cloud Assurance.