Tender

Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS)

MIDLAND HEART LIMITED

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

TenderCancellation

21 Nov 2025 at 12:53

UK12 - Procurement Termination Notice
Tender

23 Jul 2025 at 09:32

UK4 - Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Midland Heart Limited, based in Birmingham, initiated a procurement process titled "Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS)" which targets the services industry category. The aim was to secure a comprehensive cloud-based disaster recovery solution to enhance business resilience and provide continuous data protection. The procurement method was a competitive flexible procedure, allowing electronic submissions, and was at the tender stage with an expression of interest deadline set for 21st August 2025. The process covered the UKG3 region, with contracts potentially starting on 9th January 2026 and lasting for a minimum of three years, with an option to extend up to seven years. However, the tender was eventually cancelled in November 2025 as Midland Heart chose to reassess its requirements after evaluating all received bids under the initial tender criteria.

This procurement presented substantial growth opportunities for businesses specialising in disaster recovery and cloud computing services. Companies skilled in incorporating cloud-native principles, zero trust networking, and capable of scaling to meet enterprise integration patterns would have been well-positioned to compete. The emphasis on value for money and cloud optimisation offered potential for reduced operational costs and energy efficiencies, making it an attractive prospect for innovative solution providers. Despite the cancellation, similar future requirements might arise as Midland Heart reassesses its procurement strategy, giving businesses a chance to align their offerings closely with Midland Heart’s strategic drivers.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS)

Notice Description

Midland Heart requires a Disaster as a Service (DRaaS) solution from a trusted contractor to keep our organisation safe and return our systems to full operation as soon as practically possible. We are looking to encompass the provision of comprehensive cloud-based solutions to ensure business resilience, continuity and data protection in the event of system failures, cyberattacks, or natural disasters. This should include the replication and hosting of physical and virtual servers by the supplier to enable swift recovery and minimal downtime 24/7, 365 days a year. The contractor should ensure that their solution is adaptable to enhanced security advancements, aligns with cloud-native principles, zero trust networking, provides flexibility and scalability to adapt to evolving enterprise integration patterns and cloud migration. A new DRaaS will align to our IT Strategy and meets the following strategic drivers: * Staying Secure - Replacing our current DRaaS will ensure that we have a service which aligns to our cyber security principle of zero trust, but will also ensure that we are utilising latest, efficient and secure technologies creating enhanced business resilience. * Value for Money - Our current DRaaS has been in place for a significant period of time without a review of how we can reduce costs and demonstrate value for money whilst achieving business resiliency. * Cloud Optimisation - We would like to reduce energy consumption and physical footprint and drive green efficiencies by utilising the Cloud more.

Lot Information

Lot LOT-0001

Renewal: This Contract will be awarded for a duration of 3 years with an option to extend for up to 7 years in annual increments, which may be a single extension or a series of extensions but no more than 7 years in total.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-056467
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/076014-2025
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK12 - Procurement Termination Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

CPV Codes

72251000 - Disaster recovery services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
21 Nov 20253 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
9 Jan 2026 - 8 Jan 2029 3-4 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Cancelled
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Cancelled
Contracts Status
Cancelled

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
MIDLAND HEART LIMITED
Additional Buyers

MISSING

Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
commercial.team@midlandheart.org.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
BIRMINGHAM
Postcode
B15 1LZ
Post Town
Birmingham
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLG West Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLG3 West Midlands
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLG31 Birmingham
Delivery Location
TLG3 West Midlands
Local Authority
Birmingham
Electoral Ward
Ladywood
Westminster Constituency
Birmingham Ladywood

Further Information

Notice Documents

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