Official UK procurement notice
Deception Technology · UK public procurement notice
Authority: NATIONAL GRID UK LIMITED (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNational Grid are seeking to select a strategic partner to enhance our deception technology capability within our Security organization. National Grid welcomes interested parties who have experience with deceptive technologies.
CPV: Software package and information systems
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1National Grid security team operates a 24*7*365 Cyber Security Operation Centre (CSOC)…Planned
National Grid security team operates a 24*7*365 Cyber Security Operation Centre (CSOC) that monitors our estate for malicious, suspicious, or anomalous behavior and responds appropriately to ensure the consistency of services National Grid provides. Deception technologies can be an effective way to detect attackers in a network, gain visibility of their tactics and deter them away from production systems.
Example techniques that could be employed by a deception solution include:
- Honeypots - False systems or applications
- Honeytokens - False credentials or other pieces of sensitive information
- Deception networks - False networks that mimic production networks to gather intelligence on attacker activities and deflect their efforts away from the production network
- Deception documents - False documents designed to appear sensitive or valuable
The solution should have bi-directional integration with SIEM solutions for both alerting when anomalous behavior is observed, and to allow analyst to drill down into specific data points.
Due to the strictly regulated industries National Grid operate in, we have a strong preference towards vendors who can provide a hybrid architecture whereby infrastructure is split between on-premise and cloud.
The required solution will integrate with internal IT infrastructure and external vendors of National Grid. Vendors will be expected to demonstrate how they can effectively integrate with other tooling in the environment.
In addition to the software and hosting service, we will be looking for a robust plan around the operations support models available.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 16 Mar 2023, 14:49 GMT
- Last source update
- 27 Mar 2023, 09:58 BST
- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-008771- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03b381Find a Tender
Publisher note: Indicative Tender Timelines To support the resource and planning of interested parties National Grid has outlined an indicative timetable below. Please note this is not binding and subject to change. 1. PIN Issued: Thursday 16th March 2023 2. PIN Closed: Friday 7th April 2023 3. PQQ Issued: Monday 17th April 2023 4. PQQ Closed: Friday 5th May 2023 5. RFP Issued: Monday 15th May 2023 6. RFP Closed: Friday 9th June 2023 7. Contract Award: Friday 15th September 2023 Pre-request to be eligible to participate In order to participate in this tender, you must be registered on the Achilles UVDB system. UVDB is used to pre-qualify our suppliers to ensure they meet the minimum legal and regulatory requirements in order to contract with National Grid . UVDB is the utility industry pre-qualification system used by the utilities sector in the UK to manage risk within the supply chain and comply with EU regulations. Joining UVDB as a supplier provides your organisation with an opportunity to showcase your capabilities and access multiple contract opportunities by completing a single pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ). UVDB is used by many utility buyer organisations. If you are already registered with UVDB you only need to ensure that you are registered under UVDB code 1.5.8.17 Software - (Safety, Health, Environment, and Security) If you are not currently registered this can be done by registering at: https://www.achilles.com/community/uvdb/ You will then need to register under UVDB code 1.5.8.17 Software - (Safety, Health, Environment, and Security) If you require any further information regarding this registration, please contact Samuel Lloyd-Jones ([email protected]) who can support any issues with the completion of your registration process on Achilles ahead of the qualification event commencing in mid-April 2023. Further to the enclosed PIN, please indicate your expression of interest and) also confirm that you are or will be registering on Achilles UVDB against code 1.5.8.17 Software - (Safety, Health, Environment, and Security). emailing: [email protected]
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
27 Mar 2023 → 7 Apr 2023 · 2 dates- Notice published27 Mar 2023, 09:58 BST
- Tender notice expected7 Apr 2023, 00:00 BST
Notice history
2 releases on Find a TenderPublished amendments (1)
Please note the Achilles' contact is Desta Wheeler [email protected]
Commercial outcome & contract awards
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Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
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