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THE ESCROW COMPANY

Software Escrow, SaaS Escrow and AI Escrow

To ensure business continuity and reduce risk when licencing and adopting third party technology including software, firmware, SaaS and AI applications. Cost-effective, innovative solutions, as well as tailored offerings to meet unique continuity and risk management requirements.

Features

  • Data storage
  • Automated deposits from Git or via SFTP
  • Verification services to ensure the source code is usable
  • Traditional source code escrow agreements
  • Agreements for SaaS hosted applications within AWS/Azure/Google
  • Cloud environment access services
  • Best practice security services with ISO27001 & 27017

Benefits

  • Reduces risk when adopting third party software
  • Protects end users against third party or supply chain failure
  • Validates stressed exit and recovery plans
  • Business continuity for critical SaaS applications
  • Minimise potential data loss
  • Access critical third party IP for service availability
  • Managed recovery and continuity services available
  • Access production cloud environments
  • Speed up recovery process
  • Efficient legal process ensuring a quick turnaround of agreements

Pricing

  • Education pricing available

Service documents

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Framework

G-Cloud 15

Service ID

5 4 8 0 4 0 7 1 0 4 6 0 6 2 4

Contact

THE ESCROW COMPANY Evan Lever
Telephone: 020 3862 0380
Email: sales@escrowcompany.co

About the service

Service categories
  • Cloud Support Services
    • Managed Cloud
      • Managed Private Cloud
        • Managed Private IaaS
        • Managed Private SaaS/PaaS
        • Application management
      • Managed Public cloud
        • Managed Public IaaS
        • Managed Public SaaS/PaaS
        • Application management
      • Managed Hybrid Cloud
        • Managed Hybrid IaaS
        • Managed Hybrid SaaS/PaaS
        • Application management

Service scope

Service constraints
Requires the software vendor to be on board and to deposit IP. Managed services available for clients who can't manage their own recovery process with access to the code themselves.

User support

Email or online ticketing support
Yes
Support response times
9-5 Mon-Fri UK
User can manage status and priority of support tickets
No
Phone support
Yes
Phone support availability
9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
Web chat support
Yes
Web chat support availability
9 to 5 (UK time), Monday to Friday
AI chatbot
No
Web chat support accessibility standard
None or don’t know
How the web chat support is accessible
Chat via website
Web chat accessibility testing
Speak to team for support
Support levels
We offer traditional software escrow through to managed continuity solutions for software and SaaS applications. Our services provide continuity assurance in the event of a SaaS vendor failure such as bankruptcy.
Our technical delivery team assist with the deposit setup process, verification consultant does the testing to ensure deposits are complete and useable and an aligned customer success manager assists with communication and reporting. Opt-in client portal available.

Supplier type

Supplier type
Not a reseller

Staff security

Staff security clearance
Staff screening not performed
Government security clearance
None

Pricing

Discount for educational organisations
Yes

Architecture roles

Solution architect
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Solution architect £1,850.00 £1,850.00

Cyber security roles

Cyber security audit and assurance
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Lead cyber security audit and assurance £1,850.00 £1,850.00
Principal cyber security audit and assurance £1,850.00 £1,850.00
Cyber security governance and risk management
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Associate cyber security governance and risk manager £1,850.00 £1,850.00
Lead cyber security governance and risk manager £1,850.00 £1,850.00
Cyber security testing
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Associate cyber security testing £1,850.00 £1,850.00

Quality assurance testing (QAT) roles

Test engineer
Role level UK Rate Offshore Rate
Tester (test engineer) £1,850.00 £1,850.00
Test engineer £1,850.00 £1,850.00

Standards and certifications

ISO/IEC 27001 certification
Yes
ISO/IEC 27001 accredited by
Citation ISO Certification Limited
ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date
Friday 12 September 2025
What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover
N/a
ISO 28000:2022 certification
No
ISO 9001 certification
No
Quality management systems (QMS)
No
CSA STAR certification
No
PCI certification
No
Cyber essentials
No
Cyber Essentials Alternative
None of the criteria
Cyber essentials plus
No
Cyber Essentials Alternative
None of the criteria
Other security certifications
Yes
Any other security certifications
ISO/IEC 27017

Social value

Mission: Kick start economic growth

To secure the highest sustained growth in the G7 - with good jobs and productivity growth in every part of the country making everyone, not just a few, better off.

Policy Outcome 1: Fair work: That offers fair wages and good working conditions. Help people get a job, stay in work, and progress in their careers, with good employment opportunities across the country. Notes: Where there is a large proportion of labour costs in the contract, commercial teams should consider MAC in Outcome 1 as a priority

  • New or retained jobs on the contract workforce in the relevant area that meet the criteria set out in MAC 1b, 1c and 1d
  • Providing opportunities for, and measuring and monitoring of, staff workforce conditions over time, including employee engagement, involvement in decision-making and satisfaction and adapting to any changes in the results, with clear processes for acting on issues identified
  • Plans to engage the contract workforce in deciding the most important workplace issues to address
  • Employment contracts that reflect actual hours worked; steps taken to ensure employees understand their contracts and have the ability to review and adjust them if actual hours regularly exceed contracted hours
  • Activities that support an environment where staff are educated about, and feel empowered to, address their physical wellbeing
  • Activities that support an environment where staff are educated about and feel empowered to report and address bullying and harassment
  • Activities to cascade good practice on fair working conditions throughout the supply chain
  • Offer a pay and leave entitlement to all eligible staff who become kinship carers, ideally equivalent to statutory adoption pay and leave
  • Payment of more than the National Minimum Wage or National Living Wage (as appropriate) to the contract workforce
  • Entitlement to sick pay for the contract workforce, with provision in place for any staff who do not meet the earnings threshold for statutory sick pay, payment of sick pay from day one of absence and payment of staff on the contract workforce who are off sick a replacement income of 100% of their usual earnings for as long as possible
  • Understanding of in-work progression issues affecting the market, industry or sector relevant to the contract, and in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key sub-contractors
  • Measures to support in-work progression to help people in the contract workforce, to move into higher paid work by developing new skills relevant to the contract
  • Support for the contract workforce by providing career advice, and providing opportunities for staff working on the contract with in-work progression career development into known skills shortages or high growth areas
  • Support for educational attainment relevant to the contract, including training schemes that address skills gaps and result in recognised qualifications
  • Understanding of the modern slavery risks and issues affecting the market, industry, sector or country (of origin or of source) relevant to the contract, and the workforce in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key subcontractors
  • Measures to identify, mitigate and manage modern slavery risks relating to the contract and how these will be implemented
  • Outline policies and practices to be applied to or put in place for the contract to mitigate and manage modern slavery risks, including: Pre-employment checks, recruitment practices. Workplace conditions, safeguarding plans and processes in place and regular monitoring with relevant groups considered, which may include sampling
  • How these flow down the supply chain and are monitored Illustrative examples include reporting, site visits, audits, etc.
  • How to ensure business decisions re: price/cost, short lead times, payment timescales do not create modern slavery risks in the supply chain

Policy Outcome 2: Skills for growth: Supporting growth sectors and addressing skills gaps.

  • Understanding of employment and relevant skills issues, and of the education and training issues relating to the contract. Illustrative examples: demographics, skills shortages, new opportunities in high growth sectors, geographic/local community and skills/employment challenges
  • Support for educational attainment relevant to the contract, including training schemes that address skills gaps and result in recognised qualifications
  • Activities to support relevant sector related skills growth and sustainability in the contract workforce. Illustrative examples: careers talks, curriculum support, literacy support, safety talks and volunteering

Policy Outcome 3: Resilient, innovative and flexible supply chains: Support economic growth through enabling resilient businesses, opportunities for small businesses and voluntary, community and social enterprises

  • Understanding of the types of businesses in the market and the level of participation by new businesses, entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs, VCSEs and mutuals
  • Activities to identify opportunities to open up sub-contracts under the prime contract to a diverse range of businesses, including new businesses, entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs, VCSEs and mutuals
  • Activities that demonstrate a collaborative way to work with a diverse range of businesses as part of the supply chain
  • Structuring of the supply chain selection process to ensure fairness (e.g. anti-corruption) and encourages participation by a diverse range of businesses, including with regard to new businesses, entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs, VCSEs and mutual
  • Understanding of local demographics, needs and opportunities for the co-design of the goods, services and works to be delivered under the contract
  • Measures to involve local stakeholders and/or users in design (e.g. in the design of services, systems, products or buildings)
  • Plans for positive actions with community groups.
  • Measures to engage users and communities and build relationships to increase community integration build trust and influence how the contract is delivered
Mission: Make Britain a clean energy superpower

To cut bills, create jobs and deliver security with cheaper, zero-carbon electricity by 2030, accelerating to net zero

Policy Outcome 4: Sustainable procurement practices: Reducing carbon footprints, minimising waste, and promoting the use of clean energy and green technologies.

  • Understanding of opportunities for additional environmental benefits delivery in the performance of the contract, including working towards net zero carbon emissions and use of clean energy and green technologies
  • Collaborative ways of working with the supply chain to deliver additional environmental benefits in the performance of the contract, including working towards net zero carbon emissions and use of clean energy and green technologies
  • Delivery of additional environmental benefits through the performance of the contract, including working towards net zero carbon emissions and use of clean energy and green technologies
  • Understanding of how to influence staff, suppliers, customers, communities and/or any other appropriate stakeholders through the delivery of the contract to support climate and nature protection and improvement
  • Activities to reconnect people with the environment and increase awareness of ways to protect and enhance it
Mission: Break down barriers to opportunity

By reforming our childcare and education systems, to make sure there is no class ceiling on the ambitions of young people in Britain

Policy Outcome 6: Employment and training: For those who face barriers to employment

  • Understanding of employment and skills issues, and of the skills and employment shortages of high growth sectors relating to the contract
  • Understanding of the issues affecting the representation of disabled people in the workforce in the market, industry or sector relevant to the contract, and in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key sub-contractors
  • Inclusive and accessible recruitment practices, and retention-focused activities, including those provided in the Guide for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing people with a disability or health condition
  • Working conditions which promote an inclusive working environment and promote retention and progression
  • Understanding of the issues affecting inequality in employment, skills and pay in the market, industry or sector relevant to the contract, and in the supplier’s own organisation and those of its key sub-contractors. Measures to tackle inequality in employment, skills and pay in the contract workforce
  • Inclusive and accessible development practices, including guidance for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing people with a disability or health condition

Policy Outcome 7: Creating a pipeline of opportunities: For the contract workforce, reducing barriers to entry for under-represented groups.

  • Understanding of the issues affecting the development of new skills by target cohort
  • Understanding of issues relating to entering the contract workforce
Mission: Build an NHS fit for the future

That is there when people need it; with fewer lives lost to the biggest killers; in a fairer Britain, where everyone lives well for longer.

Policy Outcome 8: Increasing productivity through physical and mental wellbeing: In the supply chain and communities in the relevant area.

  • Understanding of issues relating to health and wellbeing, including physical and mental health, in the contract workforce
  • Understanding barriers to access to health and social care services or employment opportunities e.g. digital inclusion
  • Inclusive and accessible recruitment practices, development practices and retention policies that support-focused activities including those provided in the Guide for line managers on recruiting, managing and developing which support people with a disability or health condition

Service documents

Request an accessible format
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at sales@escrowcompany.co. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.