Provision of cloud computer resources to support scientific operations

Official notice

Authority: The Rosalind Franklin Institute

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: South East (UKJ1)

Awarded value£500,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 14 Jul 2022no call for competition

Awarded to Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

What is being bought

Published requirement description

As one of EPSRC's scientific institutes, funding has been made available to the Rosalind Franklin Institute to invest in Digital Infrastructure to support the computational requirements it has over the next few years. to provide a selection of different compute resources including short-, medium-, and long-term data storage, as well as computational provision.

CPV: Data storage services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1The procurement covers the purchase and provision of data storage and computational…Awarded

The procurement covers the purchase and provision of data storage and computational infrastructure to be provided to the Rosalind Franklin Institute

Delivery: South East · The Rosalind Franklin Institute

72317000 Data storage services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 6 Oct 2022, 11:42 BST
Last source update: 6 Oct 2022, 11:42 BST
FTS notice number: 2022/S 000-028056
Classification (CPV): Data storage services
Delivery area: South East (UKJ1)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03735f Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
Published justification: Justification of the direct award under Regulation 32(2)A

Publisher note: (MT Ref:226890)

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £500,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 14 Jul 2022

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)	£500,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 028056-2022-1 · Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Signed
14 Jul 2022
Value
£500,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids · 0 electronic	0	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The Rosalind Franklin Institute

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawScientific Research 11266143 The Rosalind Franklin Institute, Didcot, UK, OX11 0FAContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Public Procurement Review ServiceReview body LondonContact email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)Awarded supplier Polaris House, North Star Avenue, Swindon, South West, SN2 1SZ

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.