G-Cloud Services III

Descriptions

Government Procurement Service as the Contracting Authority has put in place a Pan Government Collaborative Framework Agreement for use by UK public sector bodies identified in the original contract notice (and any future successors to these organisations), which include Central Government Departments and their Arm's Length Bodies and Agencies, Non Departmental Public Bodies, NHS bodies and Local Authorities.The above Public Sector Bodies have a need for a compliant Procurement Vehicle to access Cloud Computing Services.Government Procurement Service reserves the right for an electronic auction to be held by Public Sector bodies during further competition among the parties to the Framework Agreement(s).This framework is a recurring framework, the maxium duration of any Call-Off Contract that may be placed by an eligible Contracting Body is 24 months.The G-Cloud framework catalogue, known as Cloudstore, will require frequent procurement refreshes to bring on new suppliers and services. Refreshes are being considered at a varying frequency of 3-12 months depending on demand and/or availability of new services as the IT Cloud market develops.