Computer back-up services

Tender description

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to engage with suppliers of backup solutions and gain a greater understanding of the capacity and capability of the market. The authority wishes to explore as part of this PIN the options available within the market to replace and consolidate the various backup solutions/methods in use. In addition to seeking to cover the backup requirements for the on-site data, the solution must be able to manage backup requirements for data in the cloud as well as making use of cloud offerings to host a 3rd off-site copy of backup data. Any replacement backup solution is expected to cover platforms including but not limited to VMware, SQL, NAS, Office365, Active Directory, MS Exchange, Nutanix. The authority wishes to engage with suppliers interested in this requirement. The authority has prepared a briefing note and pre-market engagement questionnaire and requests that interested suppliers provide indication of the available solutions for this requirement and also provide indicative pricing. The authority is also seeking feedback on potential routes to market for these solutions. The pre-market engagement questionnaire and briefing note can be accessed via the Bravo procurement portal — please refer to the additional information section for further instructions.