# CloudCover M365 Back-up Renewal

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE](/buyers/national-institute-for-health-and-care-excellence/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Virtual Data Centre Services Ltd \(virtualDCS\)
- Award value: £32,250
- Tender value: £32,250
- Award date: 1 July 2025
- Published: 29 January 2026
- Contract start: 1 August 2025
- Contract end: 31 August 2026
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: 43fb0781-cf06-4a40-a345-b1e3f8f1572b-881285
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-2b880079-d2f6-4bc8-833e-2a2e5e8651a9

## Description

NICE requires a Cloud-based Disaster Recovery solution that offers comprehensive protection: ensuring that in the event of an incident business data can be restored quickly and the organisation can be up and running within minutes\. This is a direct award as continuity of the current supply is required\.

## Related contract awards

- [NICE Future ways of working](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-7d6f605e-3799-4a5d-b763-845619eb8888): National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
- [NICE Reputational Research Programme](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-89f587f3-27fd-46fe-a6aa-8ae34026d5f7): National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
- [NICE 2029 Strategy Support](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-6f8b574a-6e61-4722-9d90-622290365bf6): National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/43fb0781-cf06-4a40-a345-b1e3f8f1572b-881285)