Legal services for suppliers of cloud and IT services on behalf of the Ministry of Justice and Security
Tender for legal services for the benefit of strategic supplier management of cloud and IT services for the National Government. The goal is to conclude a framework agreement for support with the contracting and modification of large hyperscalers and European providers.
Services · Open · European procedure
01What is being requested
The assignment concerns the provision of Legal Services regarding the contracting and contract modifications of Microsoft, Google Cloud, and AWS, as well as European providers. The assignment also includes additional legal services on an ad-hoc basis. The expected duration of the Framework Agreement is three (3) years with an option to extend for a maximum of 12 months.
SLM requires legal support regarding contracting, dealing with legal (compliance) issues, and related activities. [Note: SLM is an entity name]. The scope of the Assignment concerns providing legal and additional legal services to SLM regarding the contracting and contract modifications of Microsoft, Google Cloud, and AWS. In addition to the large American Hyperscalers, SLM has also focused in recent years on European providers of Cloud and IT services such as STACKIT, OVH Cloud, and ESET. It is expected that more European parties will follow; it is not yet known which ones these will be.
02Strategic insight
Focus on consistency in legal terms across different Hyperscalers, as this is a core requirement of the contracting authority. Ensure expertise in the fields of compliance, privacy (GDPR) and security in relation to cloud infrastructure. Take into account the possibility of ad-hoc additional legal activities and international negotiations.
03Points of attention
04Exclusion grounds
- No specific exclusion grounds were extracted. In a European tender, the mandatory and discretionary grounds of art. 2.86/2.87 of the Dutch Procurement Act almost always apply — check the European Single Procurement Document (ESPD).
05Award criteria
The economically most advantageous tender is determined based on the best price-quality ratio.
Assessment of the quality of the legal services.
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06Value in context
The contracting authority did not publish an estimated value — common for a large share of contracts. The EU threshold for diensten is € 221.000, for reference.
07Likely competitors
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11Estimated value versus the market
€ 200K
€ 640K
€ 3,0 mln
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