WHC - 3rd party Security Operations Centre 3 year contract

West Herts CollegecontractFind a TenderRef ocds-h6vhtk-065cb4Procurement Act 2023SME suitableVCSE suitableclosed for bids
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Estimated value

£90k

services

Awarded value

Suppliers

0

Lots

1

0 awarded

Published

26 Feb 2026

Deadline 13 Mar 2026

Description

The Scope - Deliver 24/7 cyber monitoring to react to threats within incident SLA. - Take on cyber threat tickets that are raised via West Herts – Averaging 2 tickets a day (Mainly Phishing Attacks). - Monitor and triage security alerts from security tooling and logs. - Tier 3 analyst should be involved in decision making not AI tooling. Al tooling should be used for detection and data gathering not for actioning any changes. - Support the West Herts security team via best practices and be a part of the key DR testing, pen testing and recovery actions. - Access to an account manager or team lead when needed. - Support small change activity when required, o 20% Small Change o 80% Day to day Operations - Looking for a small team resource pool to start with this will be reviewed each year as the business demand grows.

Scope

Reference
CA17266
Total value
£90,000 excluding VAT
£108,000 including VAT
Below the relevant threshold
Commercial tool
Standalone contract
Contract dates
31 Jul 2026 to 31 Jul 2029
Main category
services
CPV classifications
72000000
Contract locations
UK, United Kingdom
Particular suitability
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)

Award criteria

Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.

NameDescriptionTypeWeighting
QualityQualityquality60.00%
PricePriceprice40.00%

Submission & procedure

Enquiry deadline
04 Mar 2026, 12:00 pm
Submission deadline
13 Mar 2026, 12:00 pm
Submission address
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Electronic submission
Yes
Procedure
Below threshold - open competition