Published date: 20 July 2023

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


Closing: 17 March 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 72000000

Location of contract

South West

Value of contract

£670,000

Procurement reference

DVNCC001-DN652090-63904745

Published date

20 July 2023

Closing date

17 March 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 August 2023

Contract end date

31 July 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Devon County Council's Digital & Technology Service have awarded a contract to refresh and modernise the existing Corporate Backup Infrastructure with a comprehensive, secure, and scalable solution to protect both On Premise and Microsoft Office 365 workloads. The solution will protect data against the increased Cyber Threat with features including Immutability, Air Gapping, Zero Trust Security and the ability to identify and quickly recover from a ransomware attack.

The key objectives:
• A solution to protect all on premise workloads
• Expansion of our Data Protection footprint to include our Microsoft 365 public cloud estate
• A scalable solution that can flex up and down to meet capacity requirements.
• Provides the additional Data Protection features of Air Gapping and Immutability to enhance the protection of the authority's full suite of Data Backups.
• Conforms to the NCSC 3-2-1 guidance
• Applies a Zero Trust Security approach
• Includes the capability to ensure recovery can be achieved at the quickest possible safe pace through the Indexing of the protected data.
• Offers monitoring software to enhance detection & recovery, including the ability to identify a 'Last Known Good' backup that can be safely used without re-introducing weaknesses that allowed the attack to take place.
• Flexible licensing to accommodate our hybrid status and future cloud adoption
• Any contract awarded as a result of the procurement process will be for a solution that meets the key objectives detailed in the specification, and includes implementation services, training options, and a premium support service.
Value for the initial 3- year contract term.

Award information

Awarded date

22 June 2023

Contract start date

1 August 2023

Contract end date

31 July 2026

Total value of contract

£670,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

MTI Technology Limited

Address

TW18 3AG

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Additional details

Further competition off Crown Commercial Services Framework:
RM6068 Technology Products & Associated Services
Lot 1 Hardware & Software & Associated Services

About the buyer

Contact name

Tracey White

Address

County Hall
Topsham Road
Exeter
EX2 4QD
England

Telephone

+44 1392383000

Email

tracey.white@devon.gov.uk

Website

http://www.devon.gov.uk