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title: "Remote Offsite IT Backup and Disaster Recovery Services"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-077a33"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "The Pioneer Housing and Community Group Limited"
published: "2026-09-25"
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# Remote Offsite IT Backup and Disaster Recovery Services

Buyer: The Pioneer Housing and Community Group Limited  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-077a33

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## Summary

The Pioneer Housing and Community Group Limited procured remote off-site IT backup and disaster recovery services, including data storage services. The requirement covers hybrid protection for physical and virtual on-premises servers and Microsoft 365 workloads, including Exchange Online, SharePoint, OneDrive and Teams, as well as Microsoft Entra ID identities and access controls. Backup data is to be held in UK-based data centres or UK GDPR-approved cloud regions, encrypted and protected against alteration, deletion and ransomware. The service includes scheduled backups, monitoring and reporting, recovery of systems and individual items, disaster recovery testing, business continuity support, incident response and integration with the buyer’s IT service management system. Delivery is in Birmingham, England.

The procurement is complete and awarded under a below-threshold route. Assured Data Protection Limited was selected, and the contract is active. The contract was signed on 28 February 2026 and runs from 2 March 2026 to 28 February 2029. Its value is £123,120 excluding VAT and £147,744 including VAT. The process was a single lot. The published procurement information does not describe the evaluation criteria or explain how bids were assessed.

This award shows demand from a housing and community organisation for an integrated backup and disaster recovery service spanning on-premises infrastructure, Microsoft 365 and identity systems. A credible competitor for a similar requirement would need to protect around 15TB of data, support frequent backups and meet recovery objectives of 15 minutes for data loss and four hours for critical workloads. The service calls for secure UK data hosting, encryption, immutable or air-gapped backups, malware scanning and restoration testing, alongside 24/7 UK-based support and incident escalation. Suppliers would also need ISO 27001 and Cyber Essentials Plus certification, UK GDPR and NCSC-aligned practice, scalable capacity, AI-based anomaly detection, a self-service restore portal and ITSM integration. Energy-efficient or carbon-neutral data centres address the buyer’s sustainability objectives.

## Notice

The scope of the Contract is the provision of Off Site IT Backup and Disaster Recovery Services. The core requirements of the Contract are: *Comprehensive Hybrid Backup Coverage - Protection for both on-premise servers (physical and virtual) and Microsoft 365 cloud workloads (Exchange Online, SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams). *Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) Protection - Backup and recovery of directory structures, user identities, security groups, and roles to ensure continuity of identity and access management. *Secure Off-Site Data Storage - All backup data replicated to off-site UK-based data centres or UK GDPR-approved cloud regions, encrypted at rest and in transit (AES-256 minimum). *Immutable & Ransomware-Protected Storage - Backups stored in immutable or air-gapped form to prevent alteration, deletion, or encryption by malicious actors. *Active Threat and Malware Scanning - Continuous integrity and antivirus scanning of all backups to prevent the reinjection of infected files during restoration. *Automated & Scheduled Backups - Policy-driven backups with daily incremental and weekly full backups, covering approximately 15TB of data. *Granular and Full-System Recovery - Ability to restore entire systems, virtual machines, individual files, or Microsoft 365 items with minimal downtime. *Defined RPO and RTO Targets - Recovery Point Objective (RPO)

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/090850-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - unknown |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 25 Sep 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 2 Mar 2026 - 28 Feb 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £123,120 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | The Pioneer Housing and Community Group Limited |
| Locality | BIRMINGHAM |
| Postcode area | Birmingham |
| Postcode | B35 7PR |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands |
| ITL 3 | TLG31 Birmingham |
| Local authority | Birmingham |
| Electoral ward | Castle Vale |
| Westminster constituency | Birmingham Erdington |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | ASSURED DATA PROTECTION LIMITED |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 72317000 - Data storage services

## Release History

- 25 Sep 2026 at 10:17 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/090850-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/090850-2026
  25th September 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

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

## Provenance

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