Decisions

To seek approval to undertake a mini-competition process under Lot 3 of the Crown Commercial Services Technology Products and Associated Services 2 framework agreement (RM6098) in respect of a call-off contract for the supply of Veritas Netbackup SaaS Protection; Netbackup analytics tools; backup appliances; licenses and maintenance services.

In coming to this decision I have given due and full regard to the requirements of the public sector equality duty contained in section 149 of the Equality Act 2010 (“the Act”) by reference to the law itself.

Having fully considered all the available information, I have decided to reject the alternative options and take the recommended decision to:

Delegate authority to the Director of Digital and People to:

1. conduct a mini-competition under Lot 3 of the Crown Commercial Services Technology Products and Associated Services 2 framework agreement (RM6098) in respect of a call-off contract for the supply of Veritas Netbackup SaaS Protection for the Enterprise Microsoft 365 suite; Netbackup analytics tools; and on-premise backup appliance licenses and maintenance services. The proposed Call-Off Contract shall continue for a period of 3 years.

2.     Award such call-off contract to the preferred tenderer

For the reasons set out in the report.