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title: "BC/DR co-location and connectivity"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-05effd"
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buyer: "MOAT HOMES LIMITED"
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# BC/DR co-location and connectivity

Buyer: MOAT HOMES LIMITED  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05effd

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## Summary

The contracting process for Moat Homes Limited, classified as a sub-central government public authority, involves a direct award for "BC/DR co-location and connectivity" services. The location of services spans across the United Kingdom, particularly within the South Eastern regions. The procurement process, initiated as a tender, is now in the completion stage following the award on 5th December 2025, with the contract set to commence on 5th January 2026 and run until 5th January 2028. This procurement method was selected due to technical reasons and extreme urgency, directly involving CustodianDC Limited, a supplier specializing in disaster recovery and related data services.

This contract presents significant growth opportunities, particularly for businesses specialising in data centre solutions, disaster recovery, and wide area network services. As the procurement focuses on integrated data solutions, companies with expertise in computer-related management services and data storage would find this tender an excellent fit. CustodianDC Limited, a small to medium enterprise, is the leading supplier, indicating that similar SMEs may benefit from similar contracts with public authorities requiring specialised technical solutions under urgent timeframes. The direct procurement approach, justified by the existing relationship and technical necessities, underscores the potential for building long-term partnerships and delivering critical infrastructure services.

## Notice

The service includes renting rack space in the provider's data centre facility, establishing connectivity between our sites and the existing disaster recovery site, and related services.

### Procurement Information

Moat Homes Limited considers that this direct award is permitted, relying on the direct award justifications for single supplier - technical reasons and extreme and unavoidable urgency. In relation to the single supplier technical reasons justification, Moat already has established disaster recovery and Business Continuity (DR/BC) co-location services in place with CustodianDC. The proposed contract is, in substance, an extension of that existing arrangement to address a material resilience risk at our sites and to deliver a coherent, end-to-end DR/BC and hosting solution. The current production and DR/BC environments are designed, hosted and operated as an integrated solution with Custodian. Introducing an alternative supplier at this point would require substantial re-engineering, data migration and re-testing of the Authority's infrastructure and failover arrangements. This would create disproportionate technical and operational difficulty and significantly increase the risk of disruption to critical services. In practice, there are no reasonable alternative solutions that could be implemented within the required timescales without incurring those risks, and for technical reasons, only CustodianDC is capable of supplying the required services at this time. In relation to the extreme and unavoidable urgency justification, Moat has recently identified and experienced a significant degradation in the resilience of the infrastructure supporting one of our sites. As a consequence, there is now a heightened and credible risk of an unplanned loss of service if the current arrangements are not urgently remediated. Taking into account the time needed to define requirements, run a compliant competitive process, appoint a new supplier and then transition and stabilise services, Moat has concluded that it is not possible to complete a competitive tendering procedure and implement an alternative solution within the time available to mitigate that risk. The services to be procured under this contract are limited to what is necessary to address the immediate resilience risk and ensure continuity of services while a longer-term solution is developed and, where appropriate, competitively procured. In these circumstances, a direct award to CustodianDC is considered necessary for reasons of extreme and unavoidable urgency and cannot reasonably be achieved through an open or competitive flexible procedure within the required timeframe.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080295-2025 |
| Notice type | UK6 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Direct award |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 5 Dec 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 5 Dec 2025 |
| Contract period | 5 Jan 2026 - 5 Jan 2028 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £385,786 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | MOAT HOMES LIMITED |
| Locality | DARTFORD |
| Post town | Dartford |
| Postcode | DA2 6QE |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ4 Kent |
| ITL 3 | TLJ43 Kent Thames Gateway |
| Local authority | Dartford |
| Electoral ward | Stone Castle |
| Westminster constituency | Dartford |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

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

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 72251000 - Disaster recovery services
- 72317000 - Data storage services
- 72510000 - Computer-related management services
- 72720000 - Wide area network services

## Release History

- 5 Dec 2025 at 15:55 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080295-2025
- 5 Dec 2025 at 15:41 - Award - UK5 - Transparency Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080272-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080295-2025
  5th December 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080272-2025
  5th December 2025 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.CustodianDC.com/
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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