Virtual Machine Environment-Replacement (VME-R) Professional Services and Migration Tooling for PSCS, ISCS, IICS, FAMIS (Conversion & Benchmark) SFCS, WPCS, JSAPS, DLACS (Benchmark).
Department for Work and PensionsEstimated Value
Up to £7,490,991
Deadline
19 July 2017
Published
14 August 2017
Type
services
Overview
A 2 year GCloud 9 Framework contract with Advanced 365 Limited for the delivery of Cloud support services, covering the Specialist Cloud, Legacy Application and Data Migration for VME Legacy applications. The contract commences 3rd July 2017 with a forecast spend of £7,490,991.
Key dates
- Commences
- 3rd July 2017
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Likely incumbents
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- 1
IBM UK Ltd
2 contracts wonlatest 29 Sept 2025£23m
total awarded
- 2
IBM United Kingdom Limited
1 contract wonlatest 20 Aug 2026ends 19 Aug 2028£3m
total awarded
- 3
Trustmarque Solutions Limited
1 contract wonlatest 12 Jun 2026ends 14 Mar 2031£18m
total awarded
- 4
Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL, UK Branch
1 contract wonlatest 1 Jun 2026ends 30 Nov 2027£3m
total awarded
- 5
Cognizant Worldwide Ltd.
1 contract wonlatest 3 Apr 2025£4m
total awarded
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Department For Work and PensionsKey Dates
Published
14 August 2017
Submission deadline
19 July 2017
Renewal expected50% confident
March 2019
Predicted using median duration of past contracts from this buyer in the same CPV division (17 months from publication date + 60 days (estimated) → renewal expected by Mar 2019).
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