ID 5828520 DfE - FE BMC - IT Security services

Belfast Metropolitan CollegecontractFind a TenderRef ocds-h6vhtk-05f3b0Procurement Act 2023closed for bids
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Estimated value

£500k

services

Awarded value

Suppliers

0

Lots

1

0 awarded

Published

11 Dec 2025

Deadline 19 Jan 2026

Description

Belfast Metropolitan College provides Further and Higher Education and vocational training to a student population in excess of 30,000 students. The College employs approximately 1000 plus staff comprising approximately 300 full-time teaching staff and 200 part-time teaching staff supported by approximately 500 non-teaching support staff. BMC’s annual turnover is in excess of £55m. The current contract for an IT Security Partner is due to expire, and the college is acutely aware of the danger of cyber-attacks across the globe and requires the appointment of a security partner to fill the IT Security Partner role. The other NI-based FE colleges (Northern Regional College, Southern Regional College, South-Eastern Regional College, North-Western Regional College, South-Western Regional College) have also expressed interest in availing of the services of the IT Security partner. Suppliers should refer to the Specification Schedule for full detail on the deliverables of this contract. The tender documents are available with unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: URL https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps

Scope

Reference
ID 5828520
Total value
£500,000 excluding VAT
£600,000 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Commercial tool
Standalone contract
Contract dates
01 Feb 2026 to 31 Jan 2029
Possible extension to 31 Jan 2031

Following the initial contract period, there are two optional extension periods of up to 12 months each. Optional extension periods will be subject to review and satisfactory performance assessment by the Contracting Authority.

Main category
services
CPV classifications
72000000
72200000
72220000
72240000
72250000
72260000
72800000
72810000
72820000
Contract locations
Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Award criteria

Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.

NameDescriptionTypeWeighting
AC1 Proposed Security Partner Experiencequality18.00%
AC2 Security Analysis and Improvementquality10.00%
AC3 Incident Responsequality6.00%
AC4 Business Continuityquality6.00%
AC5 Social Valuequality10.00%
AC6 Total Contract Pricecost50.00%

Submission & procedure

Enquiry deadline
09 Jan 2026, 3:00 pm
Submission deadline
19 Jan 2026, 3:00 pm
Submission address
Tenders must be submitted electronically via the relevant Call for Tender (CfT) opportunity on eTendersNI, website details immediately below. Paper submissions will not be accepted or considered and will be rejected by the Contracting Authority / Buyer. The tender documents are available with unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: URL https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Electronic submission
Yes
Procedure
Open procedure