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title: "ICT-23-017 Data Backup Solution"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-043bae"
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# ICT-23-017 Data Backup Solution

Buyer: EDUCATION AUTHORITY  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-043bae

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## Summary

The Education Authority in the United Kingdom has awarded a contract for the provision of an ICT Data Backup Solution, with a total value of £199,319.71. The procurement process, initiated through a limited procedure, entailed a call without prior publication. The contract aims to cover all EA locations throughout Northern Ireland, offering opportunities for businesses specializing in IT services, consulting, software development, and support. The award criteria included 10% for Social Value and 90% for price.

This tender provides a growth opportunity for businesses in the IT services industry, particularly those with expertise in providing data backup solutions. The Education Authority's procurement stage has reached an award status, signifying the selection of SPECIALIST COMPUTER CENTRES PLC as the active supplier. Businesses looking to expand their operations in the UK's public sector should explore such tenders to leverage their capabilities and secure contracts within the services category.

## Notice

ICT-23-017 Data Backup Solution covering all EA locations throughout Northern Ireland.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

A Backup Solution is a fundamental requirement within any ICT infrastructure. It ensures that business critical data, applications and servers can be restored after accidental deletion, system changes or hardware failure. It is essential that a reliable backup system is in place to mitigate the risk of data loss and downtime for users. A backup system is essential to underpin any kind of Disaster Recovery (DR) procedure for the Education Authority. EANI backup and DR strategy is currently satisfied by the deployment of Quest Rapid Recovery on multiple sites backing up to a local backup appliance, and replicating to a central DR location. The Education Authority is dependent on a wide range of ICT services provided by infrastructure located in distributed data centres, server rooms, and comms rooms spread across multiple EA sites. Access to the data contained on EA provided systems is business critical to a high proportion of EA staff. It is essential therefore that data is backed up securely, on resilient reliable systems. EA's Networks & Infrastructure service have produced a technical strategy including a solutions roadmap, which details the requirements, design and architecture of systems which will most effectively address the need to protect against cyber threats and other risks, while continuing with the ongoing process of consolidation and optimisation of all ICT systems.

### Procurement Information

This contract is not an award without prior notice. This is a secondary competition from the original framework RM6098 Lot 6.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005616-2024 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 21 Feb 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 13 Feb 2024 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £199,319 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | EDUCATION AUTHORITY |
| Locality | BELFAST |
| Post town | Northern Ireland |
| Postcode | BT1 2NQ |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| ITL 1 | TLN Northern Ireland |
| ITL 2 | TLN0 Northern Ireland |
| ITL 3 | TLN06 Belfast |
| Local authority | Belfast |
| Electoral ward | Duncairn |
| Westminster constituency | Belfast North |
| Delivery location | TLN Northern Ireland |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | SPECIALIST COMPUTER CENTRES |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

## Release History

- 21 Feb 2024 at 09:48 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005616-2024

## Notice URLs

- https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps

## Provenance

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