Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
University of Bristol
4th Floor, Augustine's Courtyard, Orchard Lane
Bristol
BS1 5DS
Telephone
+44 01179289000
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
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