Competition with a shortlist
Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Essex County Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Avepoint UK Ltd SME
- Value
- £245,945
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Backup or recovery software package (CPV 48710000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date15 Apr 2026
- Published30 Apr 2026Published 15 days after the contract date
Description
Call-off via G-Cloud 14 Framework Agreement (RM1557.14), Lot 2 Cloud Software, for an immutable SaaS-based backup and recovery solution (Microsoft 365 and EntraID) for a term of 1-year with an option to extend for a further 12 month period (1+1). The solution must provide secure, automated, and auditable backup capabilities aligned to recognised public sector cyber resilience expectations such as the NCSC/CAF for Local Government. Total awarded value includes potential extension costs and potential additional costs as set out in the Agreement.
About the supplier
Avepoint UK Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 06478398).