While the desire to use public cloud services by the public sector is increasing, the typical EU tender process is inappropriate to conduct competitive vendor selection processes

• The Ts & Cs of public cloud hyper scalers appear as a given however it is meaningful to consider a competitive tender process – which is usually mandatory for public sector organizations.
• Although, the EU tender process seems to be incompatible with these standard Ts & Cs there is a way to overcome this and execute a compliant process.
• Explore the successfully demonstrated approach to achieving sustainable contracts under EU tender law with public cloud hyperscalers.