Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council
Cloud Backup & Cyber Recovery Solution
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Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council (TMBC) is seeking to procure a cloud‐based enterprise backup and cyber recovery solution to protect its critical Azure, identity, application, database workloads and small Hyper-V Data Centre.
The solution must provide comprehensive data protection, ransomware resilience, and assured recovery capability aligned to the NCSC, UK public sector cyber best practice and the Council’s business continuity and disaster recovery objectives.
Indicative Dates & Timeline for Procurement Tender release: 2nd September 2026 Deadline for clarifications: 12:00pm 30th September 2026 Deadline for submission of completed tenders: 12:00pm 7th October 2026 Evaluation: w/c 12th October 2026 Appointment of contractor: w/c 26th October 2026 For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/tenders/UK-UK-West-Malling:-IT-services:-consulting%2C-software-development%2C-Internet-and-support./5GSJK9QT9N To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/respond/5GSJK9QT9N
What the notice asks for
The solution must provide comprehensive data protection
The solution must provide comprehensive data protection, ransomware resilience, and assured recovery capability aligned to the NCSC, UK public sector cyber best practice and the Council’s business continuity and disaster recovery objectives.
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https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk/tenders/UK-UK-West-Malling:-IT-services:-consulting%2C-software-development%2C-Internet-and-support./5GSJK9QT9N.
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Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%
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- Hold at bidCyber Essentials Plus (often mandatory for gov IT)
- Hold at bidISO 27001 (information security)
- Show at bidComparable references / case studies
- Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
- Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
- Show at bidSocial value commitments
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