Published date: 3 May 2024

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 3 April 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Software package and information systems - 48000000

Location of contract

E14 4PU

Value of contract

£33,290

Procurement reference

Doc1916746966 - NHS Counter Fraud Authority Digital Forensics STORNEXT Support Renewal 2024-2025

Published date

3 May 2024

Closing date

3 April 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

15 April 2024

Contract end date

14 April 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a framework agreement

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established framework agreement.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Digital Forensics Unit (DFU) has its own segregated network which is air-gapped from the main Counter Fraud Authority network and is not internet facing. The DFU needed its own data storage, management and backup solution which met with forensic requirements and protected all copies of data in the event of a disaster recovery situation. In 2015 the StorNext system was purchased with 2 environments setup in the digital forensics laboratories in Newcastle and London. 2 systems were needed as bandwidth links between the 2 sites were not sufficient to support the required data transfer.

The DFU is moving to a centralised server environment in a data centre, however this project has been delayed by many factors and we are not in a position to decommission the current 2 laboratories and as such need our current data storage, management and backup solution to be within an active support contract. Without this support, in the event of a business continuity incident the DFU's data may not be able to be recovered and as such evidence for court cases are not available at the time of a trial, trials could be lost, or the integrity of evidence be called into question which would cause significant reputational damage to the CFA.

Award information

Awarded date

11 April 2024

Contract start date

15 April 2024

Contract end date

14 April 2025

Total value of contract

£33,290

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Vector & Scalar Products Ltd

Address

The Old Court House
Trinity House
Trinity Road
Marlow
SL7 3AN

Reference

Companies House number: 02284915

Value of contract

£33,290

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Jackie Sanderson

Address

Broadway
SALFORD
M502UW
England

Email

jackie.sanderson3@nhs.net