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title: "APHA External Web Hosting Support, Maintenance and Hosting"
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# APHA External Web Hosting Support, Maintenance and Hosting

Buyer: DEFRA NETWORK ETENDERING PORTAL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-c5a72fc0-e06d-427c-bfb2-c39308de57f1

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## Summary

The procurement process involves the Defra Network eTendering Portal, seeking to procure external web hosting support, maintenance, and hosting services. This tender is categorised under telecommunications services and targeted at maintaining and supporting applications hosted in Azure. The tender was open until 1st September 2017, and the contract period runs from 1st October 2017 to 30th September 2018, with a total value of £131,463. This active award was published on 30th November 2017 and includes key delivery locations throughout the UK and British Overseas Territories.

This tender presents a valuable opportunity for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) to engage with the UK public sector. Businesses specialising in web hosting, server maintenance, and application support, particularly those experienced in Azure services and protected environments like IBM firewalls, would find this contract well-suited to their capabilities, fostering growth through public procurement participation.

## Notice

Procurement of a service to maintain and support servers and applications that are hosted in Azure - The applications are dot net and SQL and includes a link to applications hosted internally on Defranet (protected by an IBM managed firewall) - Additional information: Please note that Defra procurement uses e-tendering, provided by Bravosolutions. In order to access the Bravo system you will need to be registered. Could I therefore request that you register on the Bravo portal for Defra. If you're already registered on the Bravo portal please check that your registration includes Defra, as you have to specify us in order to correctly receive the tender documents. If you have any problems with the registration process, please contact the Bravo helpline on 0800 368 4850 or alternatively email them at help@bravosolution.co.uk. The link you require for new registration/amendments to registrations is - https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/13b32ded-c10f-489e-be0b-675681256344 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 30 Nov 2017 |
| Submission deadline | 1 Sep 2017 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 14 Nov 2017 |
| Contract period | 30 Sep 2017 - 30 Sep 2018 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £131,463 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £131,463 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DEFRA NETWORK ETENDERING PORTAL |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1P 3JR |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | St James's |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | CIVICA |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 64200000 - Telecommunications services
- 72415000 - World wide web (www) site operation host services

## Release History

- 30 Nov 2017 at 14:13 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/13b32ded-c10f-489e-be0b-675681256344

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/13b32ded-c10f-489e-be0b-675681256344
  30th November 2017 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

## Notice URLs

- https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk

## Provenance

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