South Western Railway Awarded Cloud Services Contract
Summary
The UK Government's Find a Tender service has published a contract award notice for cloud services. South Western Railway Limited has been awarded a contract valued at £633,334 excluding VAT for the provision, maintenance, and support of Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure accounts.
What changed
This notice announces the award of a contract for cloud services to South Western Railway Limited by First Rail Holdings Limited. The contract, valued at £633,334 excluding VAT (£760,000 including VAT), covers the provision, maintenance, support, billing, and housekeeping of Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure accounts and subscriptions. The contract is for a duration of one year, from April 1, 2026, to March 31, 2027.
This is a contract award notice, indicating that a procurement process has concluded and a supplier has been selected. While it does not impose new regulatory obligations on other entities, it serves as a notification of a significant public sector IT contract. Compliance officers in related sectors may note the use of direct award under a special regime for utilities and the specific CPV codes used for information systems and technology strategic review and planning services, and computer-related management services.
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Value Added Cloud Services
- SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY LIMITED UK6: Contract award notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types
Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-026002
Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0670d8 (view related notices)
Published 20 March 2026, 6:42pm
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Description
The Services cover the provision, maintenance, support, billing, and housekeeping of Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure accounts and subscriptions. First Rail Holdings' IT Infrastructure team administers the contract, including invoicing, usage analysis, and problem escalation management.
Contract 1
Supplier
Contract value
- £633,334 excluding VAT
- £760,000 including VAT Above the relevant threshold
Award decision date
20 March 2026
Standstill period
- End: 31 March 2026
- 7 working days
Earliest date the contract will be signed
1 April 2026
Contract dates (estimated)
- 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027
- 1 year
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
Information systems or technology strategic review and planning services
Computer-related management services
Contract locations
- UKC - North East (England)
- UKD - North West (England)
- UKE - Yorkshire and the Humber
- UKF - East Midlands (England)
- UKG - West Midlands (England)
- UKH - East of England
- UKI - London
- UKJ - South East (England)
- UKK - South West (England)
Procedure type
Direct award
Special regime
Utilities
FIRST RAIL HOLDINGS LIMITED
- Companies House: 05154485
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PPVJ-1479-GGLX 8th Floor The Point
London
W2 1AF
United Kingdom
Email: firstprocurementservices@firstrail.com
Website: http://www.firstgroupplc.com
Region: UKI32 - Westminster
Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): No
Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No
Supported employment provider: No
Public service mutual: No
Contract 1
SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY LIMITED
- Companies House: 03266760
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PQHL-7495-VCQT South Bank Central 4th Floor, 30 Stamford Street,
London
SE1 9LQ
United Kingdom
Email: ProcurementandContracts@swrailway.com
Region: UKI44 - Lewisham and Southwark
Organisation type: Public undertaking (commercial organisation subject to public authority oversight)
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