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Awarded · ResultStage · contract

WATER SERVICES REGULATION AUTHORITY

Call-Off Scanning and Archiving Services

Business ServicesCPV 79900000
Value£36k
Awarded6 Jun 2016
Published5 Jul 2016
RegionLondon
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£36ktotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£1.6m

This sits in the lower-middle of the Business Services band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 57,319 valued Business Services tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Key Outputs and Deliverables Provide a secure off-site storage facility, and provide evidence of security systems and processes.

Physical storage location must be within the United Kingdom only.

Electronic storage must be within the EU.

Preferably within the UK, this includes metadata searching/tracking software and not just scanned images.

If the software and systems are not on a private network, the privacy impact assessment for use of data within the cloud must be available to view.

Ability to provide a secure, robust and auditable tracking system.

Move boxes from our current suppliers to your facility.

Ability to return boxes in a prompt manner as and when requested within agreed target timescales.

Ability to allow access to our containers by authorised staff.

Ability to bar code all boxes and record the proposed destruction and any other relevant dates.

Ability to provide auditable destruction certificates and full documentation related to disposal.

Ability to deal with the destruction of documents beyond all use in a secure and environmentally sustainable manner.

Ability to provide Ofwat with a regular reports of usage and records held.

Move boxes between on-site and off-site as and when required to meet Ofwat arrangements.

Ability to scan documents on demand, if specific documents or records are required.

Ability to insert additional files/records into specified boxes and confirm location/ reference to sender.

Ability to assume full custodial responsibility for records in transit, and provide full information on lost or damaged records.

Please supply details about any compensation process for records lost or damaged whilst in your custody.

Provide evidence of disaster recovery and business continuity plans and policies for storage location/s used and how often these are tested.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

Provide a secure off-site storage facility,

Provide a secure off-site storage facility, and provide evidence of security systems and processes.

02

Physical storage location must be within

Physical storage location must be within the United Kingdom only.

03

Electronic storage must be within the EU

Electronic storage must be within the EU.

04

If the software and systems are not

If the software and systems are not on a private network, the privacy impact assessment for use of data within the cloud must be available to view.

05

Ability to provide a secure, robust

Ability to provide a secure, robust and auditable tracking system.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

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Source & provenance
OCID
93787430-b902-4a7b-be0e-9078f9e22fa0
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
Contracts Finder
Buyer ref
PROC.03.0117
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