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UGAP: Leveraging the move to cloud

Atos and Open partner with UGAP to support the French public sector in its transition to cloud


At a glance

UGAP is the leading purchasing agency dedicated to the French administration and public service organizations, helping to simplify public procurement. From architectural design to the deployment of public or private managed cloud services, UGAP’s beneficiaries are supported whatever their level of maturity in the cloud, with a tailor-made business solution. As part of the French Government’s “Cloud at the core” strategy, UGAP offers to its public sector customers access to all the required services for their digital transformation to the cloud.


Outcomes

  • Supporting the French Government’s “cloud at the core” strategy
  • Serving the entire public sphere including communities, ministries, public funds and establishments in the social and health sector, state operators and private organizations ensuring a public service mission.
  • Services available at any time through a 24 work units’ catalog with delivery in project mode.

We are pleased to collaborate with Atos and its partner Open, co-contractors of the “Services in Cloud Environment” framework agreement, to support the French public sector in its digital transformation. This contract enables us to provide public servants and users of public services, innovative and secure IT services, leveraging cloud technologies.

Reza Bacha
Head of the IT marketing department at UGAP

Client Challenge

This framework agreement is part of the French public sector’s “Cloud at the core” strategy. It encourages public bodies to seize the potential of the cloud to accelerate their digital transformation and offer citizens and public servants cutting-edge services while regulating costs.

It also addresses the following challenges:

  • Contributing to the rationalization of public spending
  • Supporting public policies regarding innovation, sustainable development, and social inclusion among others

Solution

The Atos-Open alliance and its network of public and private cloud pure-players, very small entities (VSEs), start-ups and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) addresses UGAP’s request to support its beneficiaries on all infrastructure services linked to a public or private cloud environment:

Business Benefits

  • Provision of a complete catalog of services
  • Project management and operational readiness monitoring, knowledge transfer, cloud engineering
  • Operational readiness monitoring of infrastructures and applications
  • DevOps expertise, production automation, performance testing
  • Simplified administrative procedure in accordance with public procurement procedures
  • Co-construction of offers with beneficiaries

Why Atos

Atos and Open are two major players in digital transformation. By combining their expertise, they support the public sector in its journey towards the cloud.

Their alliance has brought together a strong ecosystem of subcontractors and trusted partners able to address the needs of beneficiaries, with vast industry experience and tailor-made solutions.