Agile Data Retention and Disclosure Services (ARDS) — Call for Competition

Descriptions

ARDS vision is to create agile data retention and disclosure services which allow telecom operators (TOs) to be on-boarded and off-boarded rapidly. These services shall be vendor agnostic and drive more collaborative ways of working between the authority, user communities, TOs and suppliers whilst delivering the operational capability that represents best value for money within a rapidly evolving communications market.Following extensive market engagement the HO has decided to procure a managed service provider (MSP) that could help develop and deliver this vision on its behalf. Further, the MSP will manage not only the cloud provider(s), as required, but also solution suppliers to help drive innovation, agility and breadth of capability.The planned initial duration of the ARDS MSP agreement is 3 years, with the authority retaining the option to extend for 2 further 1-year periods, giving a potential 5-year maximum ARDS MSP agreement duration.