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title: "Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0774c5"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Crown Prosecution Service"
published: "2026-09-17"
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# Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

Buyer: Crown Prosecution Service  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0774c5

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## Summary

The Crown Prosecution Service commissioned business continuity and disaster recovery consultancy services. The work covers Gold and Silver response plans and preparedness for a national outage, including training and testing. It also covers developing, training and testing headquarters and Area response plans for national outages; creating playbooks and response plans for five key scenarios, including ransomware, a national case management system outage, a national power outage and a pandemic; and transferring knowledge to the CPS’s in-house Business Continuity Team. The procurement is classified as business analysis consultancy services. Delivery is for the Crown Prosecution Service, based in London, with the requirement applying across its national operations.

The procurement is complete and was awarded as a single lot through a direct award under a framework’s single-supplier route to market. The award was recorded on 17 September 2026. Its value is £415,500 excluding VAT, or £498,600 including VAT. The awarded service period runs from 5 October 2026 to 4 March 2027, with a possible extension to 4 September 2027; the award includes a six-month renewal option. The evaluation basis is the compliant framework route rather than a new competitive tender. The procurement was treated as above-threshold and falls under the light-touch regime. The award status is pending, with contract signature scheduled for 2 October 2026.

This requirement is relevant to specialist continuity, resilience and disaster recovery consultancies able to advise a national public-sector organisation. Credible competitors would need practical experience designing and operating outage response arrangements, including tiered Gold and Silver command structures, headquarters and geographically distributed Area plans, scenario-based playbooks and preparedness for cyber attacks, technology failure, power loss and pandemics. The work also requires capability to deliver structured training and exercises, test plans under realistic conditions, and turn lessons into improved procedures. Suppliers should be able to transfer knowledge effectively to an internal continuity team, combining consultancy, facilitation, documentation and skills development rather than offering a standalone report.

## Notice

* Gold/ Silver response plans and preparedness for a national outage, including training and testing. * Development, training and testing for HAO's and Area response plans for national outages * Develop playbooks and response plans against 5 key scenarios (e.g. Ransomware attack, national CMS outage, national power outage and pandemic). * Knowledge transfer to an in-house Business Continuity Team

### Procurement Information

Compliant through Frameworks single supplier route to market

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/088370-2026 |
| Notice type | UK5 - Transparency Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Direct award |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 17 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 5 Oct 2026 - 4 Mar 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £415,500 |
| 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 | Crown Prosecution Service |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Postcode area | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1H 9EA |
| 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 |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 72221000 - Business analysis consultancy services

## Release History

- 17 Sep 2026 at 16:20 - Award - UK5 - Transparency Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/088370-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/088370-2026
  17th September 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

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

## Provenance

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