Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- London Borough of Redbridge · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Phoenix Software Ltd
- Value
- £293,515.64
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support (CPV 72000000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 081371-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date26 Aug 2026
- Published26 Aug 2026Published the same day
Description
VEEAM Backup and Recovery Software is a renewal of software support that is currently in use by LB Redbridge. The software will allow the Council to continue to ensure the councils data is safe. It is a major part of our recovery in the case of a cyber-attack and also resilient failure from Ley Street Depot to Lynton House in the event of a physical datacentre loss. This software is a backup and replication solution for servers and O365, fundamentally protecting our environment and enabling recovery in the event of failure or Cyber Attack The Authority undertook a mini-competition process in connection with the Procurement described in the Crown Commercial Service Framework Agreement RM6285, Back Office Software 2, Lot 1.
About the supplier
Phoenix Software Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02548628).