Agency Backup and Archive Solution
Details
- Supplier(s)
- Specialist Computer Centres PLC
- Value
- £847,176.39
- Duration
- 3 years
- Topic
- Computer back-up and catalogue conversion services
- Published
- 1 October 2025
- Source
- uk:find_a_tender
Tender 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. ## Contract award Title: Agency Backup and Archive
Timeline
- Completed: Award date22 September 2025
- Completed: Award published1 October 2025Current notice
- Next: Contract expiry date22 October 2028in 2 years
About the buyer
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency regulates medicines, medical devices and blood components, buying as a central healthcare organisation with its own commercial team. Contracts Finder carries every live and forthcoming procurement opportunity. Larger competitions move to Find a Tender once they pass the high-value threshold. Suppliers register on the agency's eTendering portal with a DUNS number. A rolling commercial pipeline lists larger opportunities due over the next 18 months.
UK health spending has nearly quadrupled to £241.8bn in 2024/25, £20bn up on the year before. £140.6bn of that went to procurement, the biggest sector of UK public spending and the fastest-growing.
Over the past 5 years, most of Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency's contract awards have been in business services, IT services and laboratory and precision equipment.
Relevant CPV codes
- 72900000 · Computer back-up and catalogue conversion services
- 72910000 · Computer back-up services
Decision makers
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| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@medicines-and-healthcare-products-regulatory-agency.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@medicines-and-healthcare-products-regulatory-agency.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@medicines-and-healthcare-products-regulatory-agency.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@medicines-and-healthcare-products-regulatory-agency.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@medicines-and-healthcare-products-regulatory-agency.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@medicines-and-healthcare-products-regulatory-agency.gov |
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