Published date: 7 September 2020

This notice was replaced on 14 April 2021

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Awarded contract (published 14 April 2021)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Backup or recovery software development services - 72212710

  • Disaster recovery services - 72251000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£40,000

Procurement reference

FCTRFQ07/20-01

Published date

7 September 2020

Closing date

5 October 2020

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 December 2020

Contract end date

31 December 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

ESPO are seeking to appoint a Supplier to provide a data and systems restore Service as a part of our disaster recovery plan. We currently back up our servers on a varying schedule. Those comprising our IBMi ecosystem are backed up to tape, and our Wintel estate to an on-site appliance with a synchronised cloud copy. The tapes are currently stored off-site on rotation. In the event of a disaster, we require a Supplier to provide a suitable infrastructure onto which we can restore our critical business servers, applications and data.

The framework agreement has the option to extend for up to a further 12 months. The total estimated value stated includes the option period.

To tender: (a) Go to www.eastmidstenders.org, (b) Register (c) Search for tender opportunity 'FCTRFQ07/20-01 Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity' d) Express an interest (e) Download the tender from the website.

More information

Links

About the buyer

Contact name

Technology Procurement Team

Address

Barnsdale Way, Grove Park,
Enderby
LEICESTER
LE191ES
England

Telephone

0116 294 4163

Email

tenders@espo.org

Website

www.espo.org