Anthony Hall – stock.adobe.com
The federal government procurement company has actually reversed previous prepare for a ₤ 20m boost in insurance coverage cover that threatened to prevent smaller sized providers from bidding for cloud computing agreements
The federal government’s procurement firm, the Crown Commercial Service (CCS), has actually made a U-turn on prepare for a ₤ 20m boost in the insurance coverage cover needed for providers in its flagship cloud computing structure.
In a file released today (7 March) to upgrade details supplied in action to concerns from potential bidders for the G-Cloud 14 structure, CCS stated that provider feedback had actually required an evaluation of the levels of liability insurance coverage mandated for providers.
When CCS last month welcomed quotes for the contract– which covers supply of cloud services to the general public sector– it stated that taking part providers should get different expert indemnity and public liability insurance coverage of a minimum of ₤ 10m each, plus a more ₤ 5m in companies’ liability insurance coverage.
The previous variation of the structure, G-Cloud 13just needed taking part providers to have up to ₤ 5m in companies’ liability insurance coverage.
G-Cloud is planned to open the federal government cloud market to smaller sized provider, however lots of such companies grumbled that the increased requirements made taking part in G-Cloud 14 too pricey, as the quantity of cover needed was far greater than they have actually formerly required.
After Computer Weekly exposed providers’ issues, CCS rowed back and stated it would examine the insurance coverage requirementsIn action to a post on X, previously Twitter, highlighting the Computer Weekly story, small company minister Kevin Hollinrake composed: “Been informed by the Cabinet Office that the matter remains in hand and a declaration will follow soon.”
The brand-new upgrade from CCS states that providers will now just require ₤ 1m of cover for each of public liability and expert indemnity insurance coverage, in addition to ₤ 5m for companies’ liability.
The modifications just use to 3 of the 4 Lots on the structure for which providers can bid. Lot 4, which covers the assistance, security and migration services required to perform larger-scale transitional cloud jobs, still mandates ₤ 25m ins