{"id":1011,"date":"2019-03-04T15:34:07","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T15:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/?p=1011"},"modified":"2019-03-06T09:10:52","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T09:10:52","slug":"national-framework-agreement-for-cloud-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/public-procurement\/2019\/03\/04\/national-framework-agreement-for-cloud-services\/","title":{"rendered":"National framework agreement for cloud services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday 26 February we issued the <a href=\"https:\/\/ted.europa.eu\/TED\/notice\/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:90688-2019:TEXT:EN:HTML\">OJEU notice<\/a> for the new national <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.scot\/Topics\/Government\/Procurement\/directory\/itms\/cloudservicesframework\">Cloud Services<\/a> framework.<\/p>\n<p>The new framework will be multi supplier (up to 15) and replaces the existing <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.scot\/Topics\/Government\/Procurement\/directory\/itms\/webhosting\">Hosting Services<\/a> framework. It will be open to all Scottish public sector organisations and is estimated to go live in July 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The scope of the framework includes public cloud (including access to hyper-scale); private cloud; co-location; hybrid cloud; community cloud; cloud transition services.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Benefits<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Easy to use multi supplier framework \u2013 organisations will be able to call-off directly or by mini competition.<br \/>\n\u2022 Delivery of quality services, in terms of Service Levels and Key Performance Indicators and robust terms.<br \/>\n\u2022 Improving access to public sector contracts \u2013 the framework offers a potential opportunity for SME suppliers.<br \/>\n\u2022 Sustainability &#8211; delivery of an environmentally friendly, efficient Cloud Services framework.<br \/>\n\u2022 Cyber resilience \u2013 secure cloud service delivery with supplier accreditation to ISO27001 as a minimum.<\/p>\n<p>For additional information please see our <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.gov.scot\/Topics\/Government\/Procurement\/directory\">contracts directory<\/a> or contact <a href=\"mailto:stuart.brown@gov.scot\">Stuart Brown<\/a> (Phone: 0141 242 5626).<\/p>\n<p>Should any organisation have a cloud services requirement between May and July 2019, please contact <a href=\"mailto:stuart.brown@gov.scot\">Stuart Brown<\/a> to discuss options.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OJEU notice issued for new national Cloud Services framework.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":450,"featured_media":1021,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[317,147,316,10,55,28],"tags":[228,62,6,97,35],"class_list":["post-1011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cloud-services","category-framework-agreements","category-ojeu-notice","category-procurement-news","category-scottish-procurement","category-suppliers","tag-cloud-services","tag-framework-agreements","tag-scottish-procurement","tag-scottish-public-sector","tag-suppliers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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