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title: "Agency Backup and Archive Solution"
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# Agency Backup and Archive Solution

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/agency-backup-and-archive-solution-ocds-h6vhtk-0565eb). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** MHRA: "Agency Backup and Archive Solution". Published status: complete. Published Value: £250,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 14 Sept 2025, 14:00 BST. Published submission portal: atamis-1928.my.site.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [MHRA](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/mhra-gov-ea63)
- **Published Value:** £250,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 14 September 2025 at 14:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Computer back-up services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £847,176 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 9 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/agency-backup-and-archive-solution-ocds-h6vhtk-0565eb#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0565eb`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/agency-backup-and-archive-solution-ocds-h6vhtk-0565eb#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [atamis-1928.my.site.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fatamis-1928.my.site.com%2Fs%2FWelcome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/agency-backup-and-archive-solution-ocds-h6vhtk-0565eb#participate

## Description
The Agency is looking for a partner who can provide a holistic strategy covering all the different types of data and applications in use across the MHRA. The Agency has data that must be highly available and easy to restore quickly, and data that is very unlikely to be needed regularly but must be retained as a historical record. Our partner and solution must be capable of handling both, and everything in between.
For ease of management, the Agency would like a single pane of glass spanning all of the backup and archive arrangements. Those arrangements should be tailored to the data they support, so they can be cost effective and efficient for each scenario.
MHRA is not looking for multiple solutions though, as there is a preference to consolidate technologies as far as possible.
The highest scoring proposal will be one which is able to cover all data types with one or the fewest different solutions.
The Agency also expects a hybrid solution that makes the most of the Cloud without a wholesale commitment to expensive storage that is environmentally unfriendly.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 72910000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £250,000

- **Contract Period:** 19/10/2025 to 20/10/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Agency Backup and Archive (active)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **SPECIALIST COMPUTER CENTRES PLC**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-33408`
  - Value: £847,176 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 21/09/2025

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Agency Backup and Archive (active)
  - Signed Value: £847,176
  - Signed Date: 30/10/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F042971-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-12-17T13:00:37.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-24T09:54:15.276Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0565eb