Planning

Backup & Disaster Recovery (BDR)

  • MIDLAND HEART LIMITED

UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-019926

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-050f58

Published 9 May 2025, 9:17am



Scope

Description

Midland Heart require a solution to our current Back Up and Disaster Recovery provisions. The vision is for Backup as a Service (BaaS) and Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) that will provide Midland Heart with supported managed services, scalability, predicable costs and the flexibility to allow self-control where necessary for low-risk recovery, testing and DR invocation authorisation. Midland Heart requires an updated service that aligns with cloud-native principles, zero trust networking and evolving enterprise integration patterns.

We wish to work with suppliers to understand the possibilities available to us to meet these requirements and achieve our business goals.

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2028
  • Possible extension to 31 December 2030
  • 5 years

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 72251000 - Disaster recovery services

Contract locations

  • UKC - North East (England)
  • UKD - North West (England)
  • UKE - Yorkshire and the Humber
  • UKF - East Midlands (England)
  • UKG - West Midlands (England)
  • UKH - East of England
  • UKI - London
  • UKJ - South East (England)
  • UKK - South West (England)

Engagement

Engagement deadline

9 June 2025

Engagement process description

Midland Heart will invite a number of suppliers to discuss our requirements in more detail and the options available to us. This discussion will take place initially with all interested parties via teams calls on 2nd June 2025 and 12th June 2025 to outline our requirements and hold initial introductions. Following the sessions we will invite suppliers to complete a questionnaire detailing their experience in the sector and implementing similar solutions. Midland Heart will then select a number of suppliers from those that complete the questionnaire to hold further in depth discussions and help refine our specification.

To submit an expression of interest in this opportunity and pre market engagement please email alex.lawrence@midlandheart.org.uk


Participation

Particular suitability

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)


Submission

Publication date of tender notice (estimated)

15 July 2025


Contracting authority

MIDLAND HEART LIMITED

  • Companies House: IP30069R
  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PPMZ-2234-VXBJ

20 Bath Row

Birmingham

B15 1LZ

United Kingdom

Region: UKG31 - Birmingham

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government