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Request for Tender for new Cloud Marketplace
Request for Tender for new Cloud
Marketplace
21 May 2020
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Cloud (/taxonomy/term/20)
Digital sourcing and ICT procurement (/taxonomy/term/25)
The DTA has released a Request for Tender (RFT) to establish a new Cloud Marketplace (CMP).
All sellers of cloud offerings to government are invited to apply to join this arrangement by
responding to the RFT.
The new CMP arrangement is expected to be operational by early 2021. This is in time to
replace the current Cloud Services Panel (CSP), which is scheduled to expire in March 2021.
Approved sellers on the current CSP must respond to this RFT to be considered for the new
arrangement.
The CMP will be established as a whole-of-government cooperative procurement arrangement
for
Cloud Offerings to Australian government agencies and affiliates – across two areas:
Under
Cloud Services, sellers can offer any Information and Communications
Technology (ICT) functionality as a cloud service. Sellers offering Cloud Services should
note the CMP will be guided by the International Standard ISO/IEC17788 on Cloud
Computing (
ISO17788
(https://standards.iso.org/ittf/PubliclyAvailableStandards/c060544_ISO_IEC_17788_2014.zip)),
for describing and cataloguing Cloud Services.
Under
Cloud Consulting, sellers can offer to provide cloud computing-based
professional services, described through a rate-card of subject matter experts. Sellers
offering these services will describe their expertise in context of the responsibility levels
under the Skills For the Information Age (
SFIA (https://www.sfia-
online.org/en/framework)) framework.
For the first time, we will be using the public beta of a new online Digital Tendering Platform
(DTP) for the submission of RFT responses. The DTP is hosted on government infrastructure.
This allows secure online access from anywhere, for sellers to develop and submit their RFT
responses. We will be available to provide support and advice on the optimal use of the DTP.
The RFT pack is available for
download on AusTender (https://www.tenders.gov.au/Atm/Show?
Id=a84eab50-3cef-46e7-bdf8-c2e224aa0f3a) and includes more information and detailed
instructions for respondents.
We thank all the buyers and sellers who provided feedback during our industry consultations –
your ideas and insights were valued and appreciated in the development of this RFT.
For more information, interested parties can contact us at
xxx@xxx.xxx.xx
(mailto:xxx@xxx.xxx.xx).
For media enquiries email us at xxxxx@xxx.xxx.xx (mailto:xxxxx@xxx.xxx.xx)
For other enquiries email us at
xxxx@xxx.xxx.xx (mailto:xxxx@xxx.xxx.xx)
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