Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Thurrock Council
Civic Offices
Thurrock
Contact
Vanessa John
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKJ - South East (England)
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/thurrockcouncil/aspx/Home
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the above-mentioned address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity - Data Centre
Reference number
PS-2022-281
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Please refer to the Council’s website Thurrock Council for further details on the Council.The Council’s requirement under this Contract is for Cloud and On-premises solution for disaster recovery and business continuity arrangements. In summary:1. To provide backup as a service• Capability to provide continued or scheduled backups for data protection• Immutable backup protection• Insider Protection• Encryption at rest and in transit2. Disaster Recovery as a service• Provision to restore and host 100% of virtual server environment to match or exceed the performance of Thurrock’s network• Provide private cloud compute to run a number of Active-Active services3. Provide physical rackspace for potential hardware i.e. Physical firewalls.4. Provide a private cloud for core Active-Active services.5. Provide a Sandbox environment and support services for Bi-annual BCP testing (4-week event twice a year).
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £395,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 72251000 - Disaster recovery services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKJ - South East (England)
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Please refer to the Council’s website Thurrock Council for further details on the Council.The Council’s requirement under this Contract is for Cloud and On-premises solution for disaster recovery and business continuity arrangements. In summary:1. To provide backup as a service• Capability to provide continued or scheduled backups for data protection• Immutable backup protection• Insider Protection• Encryption at rest and in transit2. Disaster Recovery as a service• Provision to restore and host 100% of virtual server environment to match or exceed the performance of Thurrock’s network• Provide private cloud compute to run a number of Active-Active services3. Provide physical rackspace for potential hardware i.e. Physical firewalls.4. Provide a private cloud for core Active-Active services.5. Provide a Sandbox environment and support services for Bi-annual BCP testing (4-week event twice a year).
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
36
This contract is subject to renewal
No
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: Yes
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information
three.1) Conditions for participation
three.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
three.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
8 June 2023
Local time
12:00pm
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date
8 June 2023
Local time
12:00pm
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: No
six.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Thurrock Council
Thurrock
Country
United Kingdom