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title: "Disaster Recovery & Back Up as a Service"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06067b"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "MIDLAND HEART LIMITED"
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# Disaster Recovery & Back Up as a Service

Buyer: MIDLAND HEART LIMITED  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06067b

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## Summary

The procurement process for a "Disaster Recovery & Back Up as a Service" solution has been completed by Midland Heart Limited, a sub-central government public authority based in Birmingham, UK. The contract, awarded directly due to the urgent requirement for business continuity solutions, ensures resilience against system failures, cyberattacks, and natural disasters. The direct award was made to EKCO Cloud and Security Limited, with a contract period commencing on 16th January 2026 and potentially extending up to 9th January 2028, including two optional 12-month extensions. This procurement falls under the services industry category and is geographically targeted towards the UK region.

This contract presents growth opportunities for businesses specialising in cloud solutions, data protection, and disaster recovery services. Small to medium enterprises (SMEs) with expertise in IT infrastructure and service continuity, like EKCO Cloud and Security Limited, are well-suited to compete in this sector. The procurement method highlights a direct award resulting from limited initial tender responses, suggesting a potential market for innovative and competitive service providers that can meet the timely needs of public sector entities. Businesses capable of providing comprehensive DRaaS solutions will find this procurement exemplar indicative of future opportunities in public sector IT resilience and security contracts.

## Notice

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.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003423-2026 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 15 Jan 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 15 Jan 2026 |
| Contract period | 16 Jan 2026 - 15 Jan 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £549,383 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | MIDLAND HEART LIMITED |
| Locality | BIRMINGHAM |
| Post town | Birmingham |
| Postcode | B15 1LZ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands |
| ITL 3 | TLG31 Birmingham |
| Local authority | Birmingham |
| Electoral ward | Ladywood |
| Westminster constituency | Birmingham Ladywood |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | EKCO CLOUD AND SECURITY |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 72251000 - Disaster recovery services

## Release History

- 15 Jan 2026 at 11:49 - Award - UK5 - Transparency Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003423-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003423-2026
  15th January 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.ek.co
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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