Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Glasgow City Council
40 John St, City Chambers
Glasgow
G2 1DU
Telephone
+44 1412872000
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKM82 - Glasgow City
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00196
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
GCC006191CPU – The Provision of Compute and Storage Services
Reference number
GCC006191CPU
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
The council invites tender bids for the provision of compute and storage services. This procurement will be conducted via the Public Contracts Scotland-Tender portal (PCS-T).
The contract is expected to run for an Initial Term of approximately 69 months. The council will have an option to extend the contract for periods of up to 60 months (in total) which will be exercised by the council serving notice on the Bidder in accordance with the council’s Terms and Conditions.
The estimated value of this contract over the maximum permitted duration of 129 months (69 plus up to 60) is expected to be within the range of 80,000,000 GBP to 110,000,000 GBP.
TUPE may apply to this contract.
Please refer to the Procurement Documents contained within PCS-T for full details relating to this opportunity.
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: £4,493,294,831
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 72510000 - Computer-related management services
- 72317000 - Data storage services
- 30200000 - Computer equipment and supplies
- 72315000 - Data network management and support services
- 48820000 - Servers
- 72246000 - Systems consultancy services
- 72250000 - System and support services
- 72251000 - Disaster recovery services
- 72252000 - Computer archiving services
- 72253200 - Systems support services
- 72120000 - Hardware disaster-recovery consultancy services
- 72212710 - Backup or recovery software development services
- 48800000 - Information systems and servers
- 48620000 - Operating systems
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKM82 - Glasgow City
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The council invites tender bids for the provision of compute and storage services. The Service Provider will provide datacentre and cloud infrastructure services to the council.
It is anticipated that the Compute and Storage Services shall commence on 01 October 2025 (the ‘Commencement Date’). Following the Due Diligence Period the Service Provider will be required to transition services from the current provider to the Service Provider’s environment during the Implementation Period and prior to the Operational Services Commencement Date of 01 July 2026. At a high level the Services will consist of:
1. A primary Tier 3 datacentre conforming to Tier 3 standards;
2. Disaster Recovery provision conforming to Tier 3 standards;
3. Provision, hosting and management of resilient Virtual server environments;
4. Provision, hosting and management of Physical server environments;
5. Installation, management and maintenance of current and new Operating systems and underpinning services;
6. Provision, hosting and management of scalable Storage services;
7. Backup, restore and archive, including immutable backups;
8. Provision and management of Datacentre internal networking;
9. Datacentre power management and reporting;
10. Connectivity between the Service Provider’s datacentres and the Council’s WAN;
11. Firewall provision, hosting, maintenance, management and configuration;
12. Private cloud infrastructure provision, hosting and management; and
13. Public cloud infrastructure provision and management.
As part of the delivery of this service, the Supplier will be required to integrate with the SIAM function.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to the nature of the Services, some information related to the procurement is considered sensitive, as it relates to the council’s security systems. In order to maintain confidentiality, the council require that a Confidentiality Agreement is signed by an Economic Operator prior to releasing the confidential information to them as part of this tender process. Economic Operators should complete and return the Confidentiality Agreement found within the Tender Pack in the “Buyer Attachments” area of PCS-T, and submit via the Q&A facility on the PCS-T portal as soon as possible. It is only following completion and return that the council shall send the information via email to the nominated individual listed on the Economic Operator’s Confidentiality Agreement.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 70
Quality criterion - Name: Fair Work First / Weighting: 5
Price - Weighting: 25
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
two.2.14) Additional information
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2025/S 000-028781
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
GCC006191CPU
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
8 October 2025
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
DataVita Limited
Fortis Datacentre,, York Road
Chapelhall
ML6 8HW
Telephone
+44 917701028
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £44,932,948.31
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
The Health and Safety Questionnaire provided must be completed and submitted with all required supporting documents. A preferred bidder will be identified during evaluation and their completed Health & Safety questionnaire will be assessed by a Glasgow City Council Health & Safety Officer. In the event of a bidder failing to meet the minimum Health & Safety requirements of Glasgow City Council their offer will be rejected and then the next submission in ranked order will be assessed and so on until an acceptable provider is identified.
Freedom of Information Act — Information on the FOI Act is contained in Appendix A of the ITT. Bidders must note the implications of this legislation and ensure that any information they wish the council to consider withholding is specifically indicated on the FOI Certificate contained within Technical Envelope within tender portal (NB the council does not bind itself to withhold this information).
Tenderers Amendments — Bidders must enter any clause, condition, amendment to specification or any other qualification they may wish to make conditional to this offer. Bidders will be required to complete the tenderers amendment certificate that is contained as an attachment within PCS-T.
Non–Collusion- Bidders will be required to complete the Non-Collusion certificate contained as an attachment within PCS-T.
Insurance Mandate - All successful suppliers will be required to sign an Insurance Mandate, which will be issued in conjunction with the award letter authorising the Council to request copies of insurance documents from the supplier’s insurance provider. If the mandate is not signed and returned the Council reserves the right to request copies of insurance certificates from bidders at any point during the contract period. This is contained as an attachment within PCS-T.
Professional Integrity - Bidders will be required to answer questions related to professional integrity and to complete the Professional Integrity Certificate contained as an attachment within PCS-T.
Terms and Conditions are located within the attachments area of PCS-T.
Additional information pertaining to this contract notice is contained within the ITT documents. Bidders must ensure they read all attachments within the Buyers Attachments area in line with this contract notice.
The Contract Commencement Date is 8th October 2025.
Please note that there is an option for the Council to extend the Contract for multiple periods up to a
further 5 years.
(SC Ref:814422)
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Glasgow Sheriff Court & Justice of the Peace Court
PO BOX 23, 1 Carlton Place
Glasgow
G5 9DA
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
Glasgow City Council (“the Council”) must, by notice in writing as soon as possible after the decision has been made, inform all tenderers and candidates concerned of its decision to award the contract, conclude the framework agreement or establish a dynamic purchasing system. The Council must allow a period of at least the relevant standstill period (where the notice is sent by facsimile or electronic means the period is 10 days ending at midnight at the end of the 10th day after that on which the last notice is sent, when sent by other means the period is 15 days) to elapse between the date of despatch of the notice referred to in Regulation 85(1) of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (“the Regulations”). The Council is obliged to comply with the Regulations and any eligible economic operator can bring an action in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session where as a consequence of a breach by the Council, suffers or risks suffering loss or damage. The bringing of court proceedings during the standstill period means that the Council must not enter into the contract, conclude the framework agreement or establish the dynamic purchasing system unless the proceedings are determined, discontinued or disposed of; or the court, by interim order, brings to an end the prohibition. The bringing of court proceedings after the standstill period has elapsed and the remedies that are available to the courts are detailed in the Regulations. Economic Operators can write to the Council seeking further clarification on the notice, to which the Council must respond within 15 days. Economic Operators should be mindful to seek their own independent legal advice when they consider appropriate to do so.