Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Scottish Government
4 Atlantic Quay, 70 York St
Glasgow
G2 8EA
Contact
Leigh Syme
Telephone
+44 1412420133
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKM - Scotland
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA10482
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Request for Information (RFI) to Inform the Approach for Cloud Platform Service - Digital Partner
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Scottish Government (SG) Digital Directorate is building a multi-tenanted public Cloud Platform Service. The SG will act as an exemplar, to encourage and support public sector bodies towards using cloud services and to realise the benefits of cloud computing, in line with the updated SG Digital Strategy published in March 2021.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKM - Scotland
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Scottish Government (SG) Digital Directorate is building a multi-tenanted public Cloud Platform Service. The SG will act as an exemplar, to encourage and support public sector bodies towards using cloud services and to realise the benefits of cloud computing, in line with the updated SG Digital Strategy published in March 2021.
The SG will seek to establish the Cloud Platform Service, as well as an effective Cloud Community, to support the Scottish public sector to make efficient, effective and secure use of cloud technologies.
This notice has been created of the purposes of seeking information from the marker place regarding our requirements and should not be treated as a prior information notice (PIN)
Further details are provided in the document attached to this notice.
two.2.14) Additional information
All parties must read the attached documentation. You are asked to complete the document and send back to Leigh.Syme@gov.scot by 2nd of November.
Pleasure note that this notice is purely for information purposes. Although a date has been advised of when we wish to go to market it is not guaranteed we will be going to market at all or on that date.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
9 January 2023
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
Please note that this notice is being treated as a Request for Information Notice (RFI) and not a Prior Information Notice (PIN) We are seeking guidance from the market to allow us to move forward with project plans.
All interested parties must read and complete the document attached and send this document back via the detailed address.
NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=710754.
(SC Ref:710754)