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    ContractsNatural History Museum - Cloud-Based Bulk Data Storage and Lifecycle Management Service
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    Natural History Museum - Cloud-Based Bulk Data Storage and Lifecycle Management Service

    The Natural History Museum seeks suppliers to help design a managed hybrid cloud and on-premise bulk storage solution for 300+ researchers, with full operational support and flexible commercial models.

    🇬🇧United Kingdom· EnglandPublished 22 Jun 2026· 4 months agoviaFind a Tender

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    • Sector
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    • Location
      🇬🇧United Kingdom
      England

    Lifecycle

    Closed

    No longer open. Published 4 months ago.

    22 June 2026
    Closed — no tender deadline was published

    Brief

    The Natural History Museum is conducting market engagement to inform a 2026 procurement for a modern bulk data storage solution. The solution will support over 300 scientists across multiple research domains including CT scanning, bioinformatics, molecular biology, and imaging analysis. The Museum seeks a comprehensive, fully managed hybrid service combining on-premise caching with cloud-native object storage and archive in AWS. The service provider will assume full operational responsibility including 24/7 monitoring, capacity planning, security patching, backup, disaster recovery, and performance against agreed service levels. Key requirements include ISO27001 certification and Cyber Essentials Plus accreditation. The Museum is exploring outcome-based functional requirements, consumption-based pricing models, and leased equipment options. This engagement is a preliminary market consultation to validate requirements and gather innovative approaches—participation does not confer competitive advantage in future procurement processes.

    Track record

    1 award · 1 winner
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    In it software, Natural History Museum has awarded 1 contract to 1 supplier.

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    UK Cabinet Office
    Licence
    OGL v3.0
    Source
    find-tender.service.gov.uk
    Record ID
    ocds-h6vhtk-05f247

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