Backup & Recovery Solution
£317,000 — stated in the notice
The submission route named on the official notice.
This sits in the upper-middle of the IT Services band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 36,449 valued IT Services tenders in our corpus.
University of Dundee has published 4 IT Services notices, about every 11 months. On that rhythm the next one is expected around August 2027.
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The University is seeking the provision, implementation, transition and ongoing support of a SaaS Enterprise Backup and Recovery solution.
The scope of this procurement includes: - Provision of the backup and recovery platform. - Associated cloud storage services. - Software licensing for protected workloads. - Professional services required to support implementation, configuration and service transition. - Testing, validation and knowledge transfer activities. - Training and supporting documentation. - Ongoing software maintenance, platform updates and vendor support.
The SaaS solution shall integrate with the University's existing infrastructure and support the protection of workloads hosted across VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V, Proxmox and physical server environments.
What the notice asks for
Professional services required to support implementation, configuration
Professional services required to support implementation, configuration and service transition.
Ongoing software maintenance, platform updates and vendor
Ongoing software maintenance, platform updates and vendor support.
The SaaS solution shall integrate with
The SaaS solution shall integrate with the University's existing infrastructure and support the protection of workloads hosted across VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V, Proxmox and physical server environments.
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.
What it takes to bid this
Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m band — an estimate, not a quote.
Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%
Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack
- Hold at bidCyber Essentials Plus (often mandatory for gov IT)
- Hold at bidISO 27001 (information security)
- Plan for deliveryData protection / DPIA readiness
- 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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- OCID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0776db
- Stage
- tender · Open
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- Buyer ref
- 089342-2026
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