Scope
Reference
SR2407175715
Description
The Authority is seeking to appoint a Hyperscaler to manage the migration of servers from the current on-premise solution to the Hyperscalers cloud environment. It is anticipated that the appointment will be limited to a single Hyperscaler, but this will be validated during the procurement. The Authority acknowledges that Hyperscalers may wish to sub-contract elements of the service delivery, but it is mandatory that the contracting entity is a capable Hyperscaler who will manage the migration and hosting from the current on-premise solution.
The primary objective of the DCE Programme is to exit three Fujitsu-hosted data centres and migrate associated services to new destination platforms.
The server inventory has a mix of the following operating systems:
• HP-Unix
• IBM AIX
• Sun Solaris
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• SUSE Linux Enterprise
• Windows
• VMware ESXi
• Oracle Linux
• Oracle Enterprise Linux
• MWG-MLOS
• NetApp ONTAP
• 3rd Party Maintained
The selected supplier will need to:
1. Migrate all of the in-scope services and associated infrastructure from the existing on-premise data centres to the Cloud. As part of the migration all required R-testing will need to be completed.
2. Following migration, the selected supplier will provide Cloud hosting capabilities for in-scope services in a secure Cloud environment to ensure continuity of services. The supplier will be required to provide a platform capable of sustaining business change, as well as mitigating current security and resilience concerns.
HMRC has conducted an initial assessment of the R-treatment required for migration. This will be refined throughout the procurement process. The selected supplier will need to work with the existing suppliers and relevant HMRC teams including the business teams, to validate the detailed plan for the migration and execute the migration within the agreed timeline.
Total value (estimated)
- £416,666,666 excluding VAT
- £500,000,000 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Contract dates (estimated)
- 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2036
- 10 years
Options
The right to additional purchases while the contract is valid.
Potential for utilisation of Supplier Professional Services outside of main requirement.
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Contract locations
- UK - United Kingdom
Participation
Technical ability conditions of participation
Participation in this tender will be restricted to those providers who are capable of migrating the in scope servers and associated applications within the proposed timelines and able to provide UK based hosting services for the duration of the proposed contract. Due to the sensitivity of the data being migrated and subsequently hosted, offshore hosting and access to the data is not permissible.
Submission
Publication date of tender notice (estimated)
1 May 2025
Enquiry deadline
15 May 2025, 11:59pm
Submission type
Requests to participate
Deadline for requests to participate
23 May 2025, 1:00pm
Tenders may be submitted electronically
Yes
Languages that may be used for submission
English
Award decision date (estimated)
2 March 2026
Procedure
Procedure type
Competitive flexible procedure
Competitive flexible procedure description
The steps are subject to governance approvals, so the Authority reserves the right to vary the approach proposed. It is anticipated that there will be an initial Supplier Qualification stage to shortlist capable suppliers to be invited to submit a response to an Invitation To Submit Initial Tender (ITSIT). Following receipt of the ITSIT The Authority reserves the right to further shortlist before entering a period of Negotiation. Following the scheduled Negotiation period, remaining bidders will be invited to submit a response to an Invitation To Submit Final Tenders (ITSFT). The ITSFT will form the basis of final evaluation and award recommendation.
Contracting authority
HM Revenue & Customs
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PVMW-8599-JZNJ
100 Parliament Street
London
SW1A 2BQ
United Kingdom
Contact name: James Gadsby
Email: james.gadsby@hmrc.gov.uk
Region: UKI32 - Westminster
Organisation type: Public authority - central government