Procurement of a backup and disaster recovery solution

Summary

This tender concerns the procurement of a secure and robust backup and recovery solution for Oslo municipality’s Plan- og bygningsetaten. The agency manages large datasets related to buildings, real estate, geodata and more, and requires a secure, resilient and well-managed backup and disaster recovery capability to ensure high data availability and to reduce risks of data loss, security incidents and operational disruptions. The solution should protect business-critical data, enable rapid recovery after events, be robust against cyber threats (including ransomware), and provide flexibility in transitioning to Oslo City’s common IT platform. The procurement covers a comprehensive backup and recovery solution, which may include service delivery from the supplier’s platform, operation of solutions in the customer’s or a third-party environment, and necessary storage and recovery components. Backups must be stored in at least two independent locations, physically and logically separated.