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:
- 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
Business Benefits
The Atos-Open alliance relies on its strong knowledge of the public sector challenges and its local network throughout the French region, to support the growth of this new framework agreement through:
- Continuum of value-added cloud services
- Responsiveness and flexibility serving the beneficiaries
- Price attractiveness linked to a catalog of work units
- Strong support capacity thanks to the combined expertise of Atos and its partner Open
- Secure legal framework for public procurement
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.
Related resources
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Services provided in a cloud environment
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Press release
Atos and Open win new UGAP contract for “services in a cloud environment”
Atos and Open, major players in the digital transformation of public organizations and businesses, announce that they have been selected as a group by UGAP, the only public purchasing center in France, for a new market