Iron Mountain awarded sole provider status for offsite information storage, scanning and secure shredding services.

London, UK – 30 May Global information management company, Iron Mountain, has been named as a preferred supplier within the Government’s new £200 million document management framework, a category that includes records storage, digitisation and shredding. Iron Mountain is the sole supplier recommended by the Government Procurement Service for the provision of offsite information management services, which comprise around 40 per cent of the framework value.

“The Government Procurement Service are delighted to welcome Iron Mountain onto the new Document Storage and Related Services Framework,” said Liz Baldwin, GPS Category Lead for Document Management. “Iron Mountain were chosen because of their demonstrated experience in managing and safeguarding public sector records, their quality and range of services and their stated on-going commitment to security and innovation. This Framework gives Iron Mountain a real opportunity to deliver savings to both central government and the wider public sector.”

The new Document Storage and Related Services Framework (GPS ref:RM1689) has been created as part of the Government’s pledge to deliver efficient and more effective procurement. Iron Mountain’s portfolio of services will be available to all central and local government, the NHS, educational institutions, the emergency services and many other public sector bodies across the UK.

“We are committed to helping the Government better use information and save money in the process,” said Simon Duddy, Commercial Director (Public Sector) at Iron Mountain. “We have an established record of working with central government, local authorities and NHS Trusts to develop and deliver world class services across the public sector. We will build on this experience to provide our public sector customers with new services and innovations to meet their fast-changing information needs, while delivering clear cost savings.”

Iron Mountain’s suite of advanced document management solutions for public sector organisations includes records management services, document scanning services and secure shredding services for information that is no longer required.