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Dabei wurden Anbieter, die entsprechende Leistungen anbieten, anhand von Kriterien wie Datenschutz, Sicherheitszertifizierungen (u.a. C5-Testat des BSI - Cloud Computing Compliance Criteria Catalogue) sowie Anforderungen an die digitale Souveränität (insbesondere Datensouveränität) betrachtet.

Aufgrund der sicherheits- und datenschutzrechtlichen Anforderungen im Sinne der digitalen Souveränität ist es für die Leistungserbringung erforderlich, dass der Anbieter seinen Hauptsitz innerhalb der Europäischen Union hat und gleichzeitig über eigene Rechenzentrumsstandorte in weiteren Weltregionen, insbesondere in Nordamerika und Asien, verfügt.

Im Ergebnis der Markterkundung konnte festgestellt werden, dass derzeit lediglich der Anbieter OVHcloud in der Lage ist, die erforderlichen Sicherheits- und Souveränitätsanforderungen vollständig zu erfüllen.</cbc:ProcessReason></cac:ProcessJustification></cac:TenderingProcess><cac:ProcurementProject><cbc:ID schemeName="InternalID">VV-2026-0036</cbc:ID><cbc:Name languageID="DEU">Beschaffung von Public Cloud Leistungen für das Auswärtige Amt</cbc:Name><cbc:Description languageID="DEU">Gegenstand des zu vergebenden Vertrags ist die Bereitstellung diverser Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) sowie Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)-Dienstleistungen. Vervollständigt werden diese durch unterstützende und ergänzende Leistungen.

Zu den wesentlichen Leistungsbestandteilen zählen:

- Die Bereitstellung, der Betrieb und die Wartung von definierten IaaS- und PaaS Diensten (z.B. 
  Compute-Dienst, Storage-Dienst, Network-Dienst etc.),
- Die Erbringung der zugehörigen Service- und Supportleistungen (Service-Desk, Hotline),
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Zu den wesentlichen Leistungsbestandteilen zählen:

- Die Bereitstellung, der Betrieb und die Wartung von definierten IaaS- und PaaS Diensten (z.B. 
  Compute-Dienst, Storage-Dienst, Network-Dienst etc.),
- Die Erbringung der zugehörigen Service- und Supportleistungen (Service-Desk, Hotline),
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