Contracts and finance

Manage the service catalogue, build and manage relationships with solution providers.

commercial and finance guidance on vendor contract setup and management
business case and hosting policy templates
Cloud cost optimisation FinOps guide and tagging policy/process to manage cloud platforms
procurement frameworks for purchasing cloud services
cloud consultancy and cloud decisioning tools
chaos engineering and hosting partner support for engineering resilience
onboarding and account vending services for Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Azure subscriptions
landing zone code for AWS and Azure to support the building of cloud services, including guardrails and service control policies, data security monitoring and IT operations monitoring
use of the data risk classification Tool and Cloud security good practice
cloud adoption governance model to run and maintain cloud services

Commercial and finance information

We can provide advice and guidance on cloud tender and procurement.

Additional resources and guidance

Cloud guide for the public sector

This guide, also known as the one government cloud strategy, is for government workers responsible for: deciding and setting cloud strategy, implementing new capabilities in the cloud and managing cloud usage.

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Crown Commercial Service and Amazon Web services launch new MoU for cloud computing services

Crown Commercial Service and Amazon Web service launch new MoU for cloud computing services.

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Cown Commercial Service announces, a new Memorandum of Understanding with Microsoft UK, replacing the Digital Transformation Arrangement 21 (DTA21)

Cown Commercial Service announces a 5 year MoU, named the Strategic Partnership Arrangement 2024 (SPA24).

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Crown Commercial Service and Google Cloud sign MoU to boost cloud innovation

Crown Commercial Service and Google Cloud have negotiated a new MoU to make it easier and more affordable for public sector organisations to use Google Cloud's services.

Sourcing approach

Where the scope of the procurement allows, all procurements should be carried out through NHSE Central Commercial Function (CCF) endorsed frameworks to ensure that the most optimal routes to market are used and, the key technical, data and digital standards are met by suppliers.

Read the full details of the NHSE CCF Framework Host Accreditation Scheme and the inclusion of this into the NHS Standard Contract, as of 1 April 2024.

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