Notice Information
Notice Title
Disaster Recovery & Back Up as a Service
Notice Description
Disaster as a Service (DRaaS) solution to keep our organisation safe and return our systems to full operation as soon as practically possible. Encompassing 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 includes 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.
Procurement Information
following a competitive tendering procedure no sufficient responses were received that met our requirements. Due to the delicate nature of the services that are required, we required a solution to be in place in a timely manner to mitigate the risk to our organisation therefore a direct award was required.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-06067b
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003423-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK5 - Transparency Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Direct
- Procurement Method Details
- Direct award
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
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
- £549,383 £500K-£1M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 15 Jan 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 15 Jan 20261 months ago
- Contract Period
- 16 Jan 2026 - 15 Jan 2027 6-12 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- MIDLAND HEART LIMITED
- 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
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Birmingham
- Electoral Ward
- Ladywood
- Westminster Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003423-2026
15th January 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender
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