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CloudCover M365 Back-up Renewal

NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE

Buyer Address: 2nd Floor, 2 Redman Place, LONDON, E20 1JQ, England

Contact Name: Sharon Martin

Contact Email: sharon.martin@nice.org.uk

Status
complete
Procedure
direct
Value
32250.0 GBP
Published
29 Jan 2026, 11:40
Deadline
20 Jun 2025, 11:00
Contract Start
31 Jul 2025, 23:00
Contract End
31 Aug 2026, 22:59
Category
goods
CPV
48517000 - IT software package
Region
n/a
Awarded To
Virtual Data Centre Services Ltd (virtualDCS)
Official Source
Open Contracts Finder

Description

NICE requires a Cloud-based Disaster Recovery solution that offers comprehensive protection: ensuring that in the event of an incident business data can be restored quickly and the organisation can be up and running within minutes. This is a direct award as continuity of the current supply is required.

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