Managed Operations Security Centre

UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD(THE)contractContracts FinderRef UoS/DH/25/26/QTR3/Managed Operations Security CentreSME suitablecomplete
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Estimated value

£540k

Awarded value

£545k

Awarded 20 May 2026

Suppliers

1

Lots

1

1 awarded

Published

21 May 2026

Deadline 23 Apr 2026

Description

Award notice for a procurement for the universities Managed Operations Security Centre. We are using the NWUPC Software Licence Resellers Agreement SLRA Lot 1 Microsoft & Associated Services. The University of Salford (UoS) community encompasses over 26,000 students, 2,800 staff and 170,000 alumni who come to study, teach, and research at Salford from all around the world. The University of Salford's thriving industry-focused research is innovative, rising to the challenges and opportunities of the fourth industrial revolution. UoS has a small information security team. The team use Microsoft Sentinel as their SIEM (Security Incident and Event Monitoring) solution. There is an incumbent managed Security Operations Centre (SOC) provider augmenting the internal team and providing 24/7/365 cover, initial triage of events, advice and guidance on significant events, and maintenance and tuning of the Sentinel platform as well as targeted threat intelligence.

Scope

Reference
UoS/DH/25/26/QTR3/Managed Operations Security Centre
Total value
£540,000 excluding VAT
Commercial tool
Standalone contract
Contract dates
24 May 2026 to 24 May 2031
CPV classifications
48000000
Particular suitability
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)

Submission & procedure

Submission deadline
23 Apr 2026, 11:00 am

Award details

Awarded supplier(s), contract period and value as published in the award notice.

Awarded value

£545k

Award date

20 May 2026

Contract start

24 May 2026

Contract end

24 May 2031

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