Pre-established contractual arrangements
Helping public & third sector organisations to streamline procurement
Procurement frameworks, or ‘framework agreements, provide pre-established contractual arrangements with approved suppliers. Suppliers are vetted to ensure that they meet the appropriate standards and compliance requirements. The agreement sets the terms, conditions, and pricing for specific products and services, to streamline and simplify procurement. Frameworks often categorise offerings into ‘lots’ to align relevant supplier expertise to customer requirements.
To assist its Higher Education and public sector clients OCF has invested in gaining places on several key procurement frameworks.
| Framework | Description | Awarded Lots | Direct Award | Tender | Customers |
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SUPC SSSNA Start: 02/2023 |
Servers, storage, converged infrastructure, end-to-end solutions, and services supporting their delivery & implementation | Lot 5: Reseller Solutions OCF may also partner with Dell, Lenovo and Supermicro through the standalone HPC Framework, replacing Lot 4 |
✓ | ✓ | Universities, SUPC Members and other Higher/Further Education sector customers |
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Government Commercial Agency Start: 08/2026 |
Cloud-based hosting, software and support services, delivered directly by OCF and/or
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Lot 2a: Infrastructure Software as a Service (iSaaS) Lot 3: Cloud Support Service |
✓ | ✓ | Available to all UK public sector organisations |
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Government Commercial Agency Start: 11/2023 |
Consultancy, support and cloud computing services. OCF are partnered directly with TD Synnex on this Framework | Lot 2: Value Added Ancillary Services Lot 3: Professional Services |
✓ | ✓ | Available to all UK public sector organisations |
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Government Commercial Agency RM6200 Artificial Intelligence DPS Start: 09/2026 |
AI consultancy, implementation, support, and end-to-end solutions, including software licensing, customisation, and health and social care AI applications. | Lot 1: Artificial Intelligence | ✓ | ✓ | Available to all UK public sector organisations |
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Government Commercial Agency RM6173 Automation Marketplace DPS Start: 03/2020 |
Intelligent automation services and solutions including automation technologies, services, consultancy and licences. | Lot 1: Automation Marketplace | ✓ | ✓ | Available to all UK public sector organisations |
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Joint Supply Chain Accreditation Register (JOSCAR) |
Supplier compliance and pre-qualification register for the aerospace, defence and security sectors, demonstrating OCF's industry credentials | No Lot structure | ✓ | ✓ | Aerospace, defence, and security sectors |
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Government Commercial Agency Start: 04/2019 |
Emerging technology products and services, including Internet of Things, AI and automation, simulated environments, wearables and new improvements in security | Lot 1: Spark DPS | X | ✓ | Available to all UK public sector organisations |
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Government Commercial Agency RM3764.3 Cyber Security Services 3 Start: 04/2020 |
NCSC-assured cyber security services, consultancy, penetration testing, incident response, data sanitisation, managed security services (SOC/MDR) | Lot 1: Cyber Security Services | X | ✓ | Available to all UK public sector organisations |
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Government Commercial Agency RM1043.9 Digital Outcomes and Specialists 7 Start: 01/2026 |
Access to digital specialists delivering outcome-based services including agile development, user-centred design and specialist digital support | Lot 1: Digital Outcomes Lot 3: Digital Specialists |
✓ | ✓ | Available to all UK public sector organisations |
| Constellia Neutral Vendor Solution | Scope covers fourteen science and technology areas of significance to the national security and defence community, covering goods and ancillary products as well as associated consultancy, engineering, research and development and systems integration services |
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✓ | ✓ | Available to all UK public sector organisations, defence and private sector organisations |
| Framework | Description | Partner Awarded Lots | Direct Award | Tender | Customers |
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NHS SBS Digital Workplace Solutions 2 Start: 10/2025 |
Route to acquire IT hardware, software and digital services including datacentre infrastructure, servers, storage, networking and professional services | No Lot structure | ✓ | ✓ | NHS/Social Care organisations, public/private sector bodies authorised by NHS SBS |
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Government Commercial Agency RM6098 Technology Products & Associated Services 2 (TePAS2) Start: 10/2023 |
All technology hardware, software and services including end user devices, servers, storage, infrastructure devices, software licences and accessories |
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✓ | ✓ | Available to all UK public sector organisations |
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Health Trust Europe ICT Solutions 3 Start: 01/2024 |
Enterprise Level ICT Solutions including hardware, software, security, computer science solutions and associated wrap around ICT services | No Lot structure | ✓ | ✓ | Available to all UK public sector organisations |
MORE INFORMATION ON KEY FRAMEWORKS - see below:
Operated by the Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC) the agreement is open to SUPC members as well as the APUC, HEPCW, LUPC, NEUPC, and NWUPC consortia. It enables direct procurement of servers, storage and solutions, including converged infrastructure and end-to-end solutions.
OCF is an approved supplier under Lot 5 for the purchase (including leasing) of:
Please Note: OCF may also be invited to partner with Dell, Lenovo, and Supermicro via the standalone High-Performance Computing Framework, which is equivalent to and replaces Lot 4.
G-Cloud 15 is an online catalogue facilitating the purchase of cloud-based computing services. These include hosting, software, cloud support, as well as many off-the-shelf, pay-as-you-go cloud solutions.
OCF are a Government Commercial Agency supplier under lot 2a and Lot 3.
Cloud Compute 2 (framework RM 6292) covers all core cloud computing services: Platform-as-a-service (PaaS), Infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS), including compute, storage, and networking, and microservices relating to the usage, security, governance, optimisation, and/or management of a customer’s core services.
It enables direct purchases from technology and resale partners like OCF, as well as cloud service suppliers.
The agreement enables OCF to provide:
The Artificial Intelligence (AI) DPS (framework RM6200), from the Government Commercial Agency, enables organisations to scope a requirement and define an AI-based solution. It encompasses discovery and consultancy services, implementation and support, end-to-end partnerships, and technologies focused on the use of AI.
This enables OCF to provide the following services via bid or tender
Operated by the Government Commercial Agency the Automation Marketplace DPS (framework RM 6173) focuses on intelligent automation. It encompasses consultancy, services and licences to streamline processes and systems.
The agreement enables OCF to provide the following services via bid or tender:
JOSCAR is primarily used in the aerospace, defence, and security industries, including the UK Ministry of Defence, NATS, and BAE Systems. The platform provides pre-qualification information about suppliers’ capabilities, accreditations, security protocols, and other relevant details. which can then be accessed by participating buyers.
OCF is a JOSCAR registered supplier, enabling direct award procurement of products and services for:
The Government Commercial Agency’s Spark DPS (framework RM 6094173) facilitates procuring a wide range of new and emerging technologies.
The agreement enables OCF to offer the following via bid or tender:
End Date: 15/12/2029
Cyber Security Services 3 DPS (framework RM3764.3) is available to all UK central government departments, agencies and public bodies, wider public sector organisations and charities. Call-off from this Framework Agreement is by means of further competition only.
The agreement enables OCF to provide:
The Digital Outcomes & Specialists 7 (framework RM 1043.9) from the Government Commercial Agency supports delivery across all service manual agile life cycle phases (discovery, alpha, beta, live and retirement) to deliver application development and usercentred design services to build great digital products and services that meet public sector needs.
The agreement is available to all UK central government departments, agencies and public bodies, wider public sector organisations, and charities
Lot 1 - Digital Outcomes: allows buyers to procure suppliers to deliver specific, outcome-based digital projects in line with agile methodologies and government digital standards.
Lot 3 Digital Specialists: allows buyers to procure individual digital specialists with expertise in specific digital roles. These specialists support defined projects, services and transformation initiatives by bringing targeted skills into existing teams.
Call-Off from this framework is by means of direct award or further competition.
End Date: 29.1.2032