Hosting contract(s) with 3rd party providers

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.24.034658

I note you seek access to the following information:

I wish to submit a request to the organisation around their hosting contract(s) with 3rd party providers.

You may have received the same request in the past and this information sent has now expired and I require an update as soon as possible for the following.

The type of contract I wish to see is below:

1. Dedicated hosting- Managed environment

2. Co-Location- hosting allows a business to still own their own server equipment; however, instead of storing it in their own data centre, they instead are able to store it in rented space in a colocation hosting centre.

3. Cloud Hosting- Cloud hosting services provide hosting for websites on virtual servers, which pull their computing resources from extensive underlying networks of physical web servers.

Not all of these will be applicable to the organisation.

1. Type of hosting – Dedicated, Co-Location, Cloud Hosting, Other?

2. Who is the supplier of the contract? If possible can you also provide me with the name of the vendor, if applicable?

3. What is the annual contract value for each contract?

4. What type of cloud environment?

Private Cloud- a distinct and secure cloud based environment in which only the specified client can operate.

Public Cloud - where cloud services are provided in a virtualized environment, constructed using pooled shared physical resources, and accessible over a public network such as the internet.

Hybrid- integrated cloud service utilising both private and public clouds to perform distinct functions within the same organisation.

5. What is the original start date of the contract agreement? If there are more than one contract please provide me with the start date for each contract.

6. What is the actual expiry date of the contract agreement? If there are more than one contract please provide me with the expiry date for each contract.

7. When will the organisation plan to review this contract? If there are more than one contract please provide me with the review date for each contract.

8. What is the contract period in years? Please include whether the agreement has any extension periods?

9. What services are provided under the contract? Please do not put hosting information such as web hosting, file storage, hosted application. The more information the better,

10. Can you please provide me with the contract officer responsible for this contract? Complete contact details if possible name, title, contact email and number.”

Decision

I have today decided to disclose the located information to you in full.

Please find below information pursuant to your request above.

Questions -	Sentrum	Datum	Crown Commercial	Microsoft
1. Type of hosting – Dedicated, Co-Location, Cloud Hosting, Other?	Dedicated, Co-Lo and Cloud
2. Who is the supplier of the contract? If possible can you also provide me with the name of the vendor, if applicable?	Sentrum	Datum	Crown Commercial	Microsoft
3. What is the annual contract value for each contract?	£4,540,392	£1,264,885	£997,800	£2.3m
4. What type of cloud environment? Private Cloud- Public Cloud - Hybrid.	Public Cloud
5. What is the original start date of the contract agreement? If there are more than one contract please provide me with the start date for each contract.	27/07/2020	28/06/2015	21/09/2020	01/04/2023
6. What is the actual expiry date of the contract agreement.	26/07/2025	27/06/2025	20/09/2025	31/03/2025
7. When will the organisation plan to review this contract?	12-24 months before expiry
8. What is the contract period in years?	5	10	5	3
9. What services are provided under the contract?	1 & 2) Provision of bare datacentre floor space with attendant connectivity, power and cooling, (3) provision of bare floor space within a fully managed facility plus access to flexible on-demand expansion capability, (4) fully managed elastic cloud (virtualised) compute, storage and backup)
10. Can you please provide me with the contract officer responsible for this contract?	There isn't a single person in the MPS responsible for reviewing and renewing this contact. This will be managed by Commercial Services.