Cloud Purchasing Arrangements (CPA)
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New suppliers have been added to contract 864.
The Department of Customer Services advises it has added 2 new suppliers to Contract 864 Cloud Purchasing Arrangements.
These suppliers have been approved to supply infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS) and associated professional services via the public cloud delivery model for NSW Government buyers.
The new suppliers are:
- Macquarie Telecom Pty Ltd (Macquarie Government)
- Google Australia Pty Ltd
They join the 4 existing suppliers approved on the contract:
- Amazon Web Services Inc
- IBM Australia Ltd
- Microsoft Australia Holdings Pty Ltd
- Vault Systems Pty Ltd
The CPAs are a suite of whole-of-government contracts established to make it faster, easier, and cheaper for government buyers to consume cloud services.
These purchasing arrangements are aligned to NSW Government’s Cloud Policy and Strategy and also supports DCS-2021-01 Cloud Circular which requires agencies to make use of public cloud services by default.
The CPAs offer a range of benefits to customers such as:
- whole-of-government pricing
- discounts
- simplified contracting
- a broad selection of predefined products and services
- contractual protections.
For more information, please see the contract guide.
Or you can contact the NSW Procurement Service Centre at nswbuy@finance.nsw.gov.au or 1800 679 289.
New whole-of-government contract live now with first agreement with Vault Systems Pty Ltd available for buying.
Digital.NSW has established a new contract with Vault Systems Pty Ltd. It is the first standing offer under the Cloud Purchasing Arrangements (CPA) Contract 864. It covers:
- infrastructure as a service (IaaS)
- platform as a service (PaaS)
- associated professional services.
It is based on the new Digital.NSW Cloud Framework. The framework is an industry-aligned contract framework for IaaS and PaaS cloud services.
Although the Vault contract has a term of 5 years, each buyer can set their own contract terms. The agreement offers negotiated terms and pricing that maximise value for money and simplify procurement and management of cloud services.
View the contract guide.