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WATER SERVICES REGULATION AUTHORITY

Business Continuity Planning Services

Business ServicesCPV 79400000
Value£38k
Awarded19 Jul 2015
Published17 Sept 2015
RegionWest Midlands
Outcome — awarded

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

Contract value in context
£38ktotal 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

We are looking to work with an expert provider in Business Continuity Services that, in alignment with the best practice of ISO 22301, can: Assess our current business continuity and disaster recovery arrangements including but not limited to: - Cascade Lists - IT disaster recovery plan - Business Continuity plan - Terrorist / Bomb threats procedures In line with Best Practice - make suggested improvements and recommendations that mean we have a suite of tools, plans and procedures fit for our premises and services.

These improvements and recommendations should take into account the current and future market offerings for continuity services, as well as our IT strategy that will see a move of services to the Cloud.

Construct and create a suite of documents and records that underpin these plans.

Work with the organisation to create cascade lists which will be required to be held off site by the people named in the plan.

An appropriate solution to this should be recommended.

Create a set of training materials and guides, including ‘train the trainer material’.

Provide training on new plans and arrangements to : - Senior Leadership Team - Staff who may have a role within the plans and arrangements - All staff where required / necessary Assist us in carrying out a test of the plans.

Create a communications plan underpinned and supported by suitable communication tools to ensure we can reach the organisation and keep them updated in the event of a disaster or outage.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

These improvements and recommendations should take into

These improvements and recommendations should take into account the current and future market offerings for continuity services, as well as our IT strategy that will see a move of services to the Cloud.

02

Work with the organisation to create cascade

Work with the organisation to create cascade lists which will be required to be held off site by the people named in the plan.

03

An appropriate solution to this should

An appropriate solution to this should be recommended.

04

Provide training on new plans and arrangements

Provide training on new plans and arrangements to :.

05

Create a communications plan underpinned and supported

Create a communications plan underpinned and supported by suitable communication tools to ensure we can reach the organisation and keep them updated in the event of a disaster or outage.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

The gates

What this notice demands of you

1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

ISO 22301 (business continuity)Standards you certify to
We are looking to work with an expert provider in Business Continuity Services that, in alignment with the best practice of ISO 22301, can:

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Source & provenance
OCID
81bdaf12-85f9-4464-ba57-43be6bb4c234
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
PROC.02.0097
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