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DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
Future Hosting and Storage Services (FHAS)
Live: the notice is at tender stage.
01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- £245,500,000Framework ceiling or programme total, not a contract value
- Deadline (UK time)
- No deadline statedThe source does not state a submission deadline.
- Published
- 8 Aug 2025
- Region
- Not stated
02/ The brief
What the notice says
Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.
The Defra DDTS (Digital, Data, Technology & Security Services) provides digital services to six organisations within the Defra Group (Authority; Environment Agency; Rural Payments Agency; Animal and Plant Health Agency; Natural England; and Marine Management Organisation), serving locations throughout the UK. Within DDTS resides Group Infrastructure and Operations (GIO), providing critical end-to-end technology services and support to c. 33,000 colleagues across the Defra Group. The Future Hosting and Storage Services (FHAS) will include at its core the following activities: • Data Centre Facilities Management and Site Services (On-Premises). • Cloud Hosting Services o Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). o Platform as a Service (PaaS). o Software as a Service (SaaS). • Cloud Engineering Services. • Cost Management and Optimisation (FinOps); and • Transformational Services Infrastructure Services • Optional Services The Procurement is being conducted under the Procurement Act 2023, using the Competitive Flexible Procedure (CFP) to provide the optimum outcome for the Authority.
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 72222300
- 48810000
- 30233100
- 72317000
- 72212780
- 72000000
- 50312610
04/ History
Releases of this notice
4 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 22 May 2025Planning notice
Planning notice published 22 May 2025.
Release 025089-2025
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 8 Aug 2025Tender notice
Tender notice published 8 August 2025. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Release 047419-2025
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 19 Aug 2025Tender notice update
Tender notice update published 19 August 2025. Stated change: The supporting document had an incorrect Participation Stage submission date of 2nd September 2025. The Participation Stage submission date is the 4th September 2025.
Release 049843-2025
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 19 Aug 2025Tender notice update
Tender notice update published 19 August 2025. Stated change: The supporting document had an incorrect Participation Stage submission date of 2nd September 2025. The Participation Stage submission date is the 4th September 2025.
Release 049845-2025
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab)
05/ Limits
What the source does not tell us
- The source does not state a submission deadline.
- The stated value is a ceiling or programme total.
06/ Questions
About this notice
07/ Related
Where to go next
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- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-051e88
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Stage
- tender · Open
- Last verified
- Mon 6 Apr 2026, 21:04 BST
- Read at
- Sat 17 Oct 2026, 02:58 BST
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