Contract

Cloud Resale and FinOps for Education & Research in AWS

  • University of Bristol

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-007316

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04e82a

Published 26 February 2025, 3:10pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

University of Bristol

4th Floor, Augustine's Courtyard, Orchard Lane

Bristol

BS1 5DS

Email

helen.warren@bristol.ac.uk

Telephone

+44 01179289000

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.bristol.ac.uk

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

one.5) Main activity

Education


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Cloud Resale and FinOps for Education & Research in AWS

Reference number

IT-2312-045-PC_206

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 72321000 - Added-value database services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Call-off contract for Cloud Resale and FinOps for Education and Research Projects in AWS

Third Party Platform to allow Billing visibility, and AWS cost management, cost optimisation and cost governance, provided for by an AWS Advanced Tier Education Competency partner.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: £700,000

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

AWS credits up-to value of the call-off contract

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: quality / Weighting: 50

Cost criterion - Name: commercial / Weighting: 50

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below

  • No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to restricted procedure

Explanation:

Competition was through G-Cloud 13

3 shortlisted services. Only this vendor could provide finops services required.

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

IT-2312-045-PC_206

Title

AWS Cloud Central Account

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

8 January 2024

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Strategic Blue Services Limited

WC2H 9QJ

London

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKI - London
The contractor is an SME

No

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot: £700,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

The University of Bristol

Bristol

Country

United Kingdom