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Published 15 Jan 2026, 11:49 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Disaster Recovery & Back Up as a Service

Official notice

Authority: Midland Heart (Public body)

Direct award
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: West Midlands (UKG)
Awarded value£549,383published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill Not publishedno call for competition
Award (standstill) to EKCO CLOUD AND SECURITY LIMITED

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Disaster as a Service (DRaaS) solution to keep our organisation safe and return our systems to full operation as soon as practically possible.

Encompassing the provision of comprehensive cloud-based solutions to ensure business resilience, continuity and data protection in the event of system failures, cyberattacks, or natural disasters. This includes the replication and hosting of physical and virtual servers by the supplier to enable swift recovery and minimal downtime 24/7, 365 days a year.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: West Midlands
72251000 Disaster recovery services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
15 Jan 2026, 11:49 GMT
Last source update
15 Jan 2026, 11:49 GMT
Authority reference
MH0110
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-003423
Latest notice
Transparency notice (UK5)
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06067b Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Switching Direct Award
Published justification

following a competitive tendering procedure no sufficient responses were received that met our requirements. Due to the delicate nature of the services that are required, we required a solution to be in place in a timely manner to mitigate the risk to our organisation therefore a direct award was required.

Notice history

2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 15 Jan 2026
  1. Transparency notice published
    15 Jan 2026, 11:49 GMT
    UK5
  2. Contract signature expected
    15 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value £549,3831 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
EKCO CLOUD AND SECURITY LIMITED16 Jan 2026 – 15 Jan 2027 · up to 9 Jan 2028Extensions: Two optional extensions of 12 months.£549,383—Standstill

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

MIDLAND HEART LIMITED

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-COH: IP30069R · GB-PPON: PPMZ-2234-VXBJ 20 Bath Row, Birmingham, West Midlands, B15 1LZContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • EKCO CLOUD AND SECURITY LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 08470397GB-PPON: PBXP-1963-YMGP 3rd Floor, Norfolk House, Milton Keynes, South East, MK9 2DNContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender