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 Crown Commercial Service
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.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
G-Cloud 11
Reference number: RM1557.11
II.1.2) Main CPV code
48000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Crown commercial service has implemented a framework agreement for UK public sector bodies identified at VI.3 (and any future successors to these organisations) which include central government departments, their arm’s length bodies and agencies, non-departmental public bodies, NHS bodies and Local Authorities, who need a compliant procurement vehicle to access cloud computing services.
The maximum initial duration of a call-off contract is 2 years with 2 extensions allowed each of up to 1 year.
G-Cloud procurement refreshes are considered annually to allow for new suppliers and services. Applicants must respond to this procurement via the digital marketplace.
All successful suppliers are listed in the attachment area of https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/94d3a23a-e6d0-4472-9b5e-75211070b3a5
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
Yes
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
1 950 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
Lot No: 1
II.2.1) Title
Cloud Hosting
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72000000
72300000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Cloud hosting services sold through G-Cloud are cloud platform or infrastructure services that can help buyers do at least 1 of:
— 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.
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
Lot No: 2
II.2.1) Title
Cloud Software
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
48000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
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.
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
Lot No: 3
II.2.1) Title
Cloud Support
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72000000
72500000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Cloud support services sold through G-Cloud can help buyers set up and maintain their cloud software.
G-Cloud cloud support suppliers will provide services in at least 1 of these categories:
— non-accredited cyber security services,
— planning,
— setup and migration,
— testing,
— training,
— ongoing support.
Additional Services, through Lot 3 only, must support buyers in their transition to cloud services.
A description for additional services must be included by the supplier and it must be G-Cloud Service-related. Additional services must help the supplier with its main G-Cloud Services offering. Non-G-Cloud Services will be removed from the digital marketplace.
Additional services must not include:
— services that aren’t cloud-related
Recruitment or contractor (contingent labour) services or services that are Inside IR35 ‘colocation’ Services, for example space the buyer rents from a supplier’s datacentre Hardware Bespoke design or development.
The buyer doesn’t have to buy any additional services from the supplier and can buy services that are the same as or similar to the additional services from any third party.
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
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 060-139229
IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 1
Title: Cloud Hosting
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
02/07/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 999
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Connect Internet Solutions Ltd
04424350
3rd Floor New Barratt House, 47 North John Street
Liverpool
L2 6SG
UK
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/94d3a23a-e6d0-4472-9b5e-75211070b3a5
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 350 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 2
Title: Cloud Software
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
02/07/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 999
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Connect Internet Solutions Ltd
04424350
3rd Floor New Barratt House, 47 North John Street
Liverpool
L2 6SG
UK
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/94d3a23a-e6d0-4472-9b5e-75211070b3a5
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 350 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 3
Title: Cloud Support
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
02/07/2019
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 999
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Connect Internet Solutions Ltd
04424350
3rd Floor New Barratt House, 47 North John Street
Liverpool
L2 6SG
UK
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/94d3a23a-e6d0-4472-9b5e-75211070b3a5
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 1 250 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The value provided in Section II.1.7 is only an estimate. We cannot guarantee to suppliers any business through this commercial agreement. As part of this contract award notice, the following documents can be accessed at
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service
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
30/07/2019