Resellers win spot on multimillion-pound Scottish cloud framework

Cloud Services Framework names 14 suppliers

Resellers including Insight and CAE have won a spot on a Scottish cloud framework valued at £30m.

The Cloud Services Framework is designed to accelerate cloud adoption among Scotland's public sector organisations, including central government, health authorities and schools.

A total of 14 suppliers, a mixture of resellers and hosting providers, made the cut for the single-Lot framework.

Services accessible through the procurement vehicle include public, hybrid and private cloud, co-location and cloud migration services.

The procurement document stated: "The key aims of the framework are to deliver efficient access to cloud services to the Scottish public sector offering value for money, in a safe, secure and environmentally friendly way."

The criteria was weighted 60/40 between quality of service and pricing.

The framework will run for an initial two-year period, with an option to extend it for a further two years.

Full list of suppliers on the framework:

Brightsolid

DataVita

CAE Technology Services

Insight Direct UK

Iomart

Nigsun Limited

NVT Group

Proact IT UK

Pulsant

Six Degrees

Storm ID

Sungard

UK Cloud

Velocity