Official UK procurement notice
Managed Security Operation Centre
Authority: Financial Services Compensation Scheme (Public body)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of a new outsourced hybrid Security Operation Centre, providing UK-based 24/7 Managed Detection and Response (MDR), Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) and Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) capabilities.
The supplier will integrate with our existing SIEM and EDR/XDR capabilities as well as our IT ticketing system.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 26 Jul 2030, 23:59 BST.
- How the procedure runs: This tender notice is for the award of a public contract through a competitive flexible procedure in accordance with section 20(1) and (2)(b) of the Procurement Act 2023. The technical specification which are expected to be met for this procurement can be found in the Service Requirements document which is available via the Portal. FSCS intends to shortlist up to 5 suppliers with the highest scoring Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) responses to participate in the tender stages (ITT) of the competitive flexible procedure. The 5 shortlisted suppliers will be invited to submit their tenders. At the ITT stage, FSCS may conduct Site Visits and Presentations as part of the evalation of Tenders. Further information and breakdown of the ITT stage evaluation will be shared with Shortlisted Bidders. Following the ITT stage, FSCS will award the contract to the Bidder with the Most Advantageous Tender. FSCS will use an online portal at www.delta-esourcing.com ("the Portal") to make associated tender documents available to suppliers. Suppliers requesting to participate in this procurement competition are required to submit their completed PSQs through the Portal by the deadline set out in this tender notice. The following associated tender documents are being provided with the publication of this tender notice to provide further information about the procurement and are available on the Portal: • Tender Notice • PSQ • Service Requirements
CPV: Information technology services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,850,000
- Economic & financial standing
Legal and financial capacity conditions of participation: Legal and financial conditions of participation are set out in the PSQ which can be obtained via the Portal on registration to express interest.
Suppliers requesting to participate in this procurement competition are required to submit their completed PSQs through Delta-esourcing by the deadline set out in this tender notice.
- Technical & professional ability
Technical ability conditions of participation: Technical ability conditions of participation are set out in the PSQ which can be obtained via the Portal on registration to express interest.
Suppliers requesting to participate in this procurement competition are required to submit their completed PSQs through Delta-esourcing by the deadline set out in this tender notice.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical Quality: 70%
- Cost: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical Quality
- Cost
- Economic & financial standing
Legal and financial capacity conditions of participation: Legal and financial conditions of participation are set out in the PSQ which can be obtained via the Portal on registration to express interest.
Suppliers requesting to participate in this procurement competition are required to submit their completed PSQs through Delta-esourcing by the deadline set out in this tender notice.
- Technical & professional ability
Technical ability conditions of participation: Technical ability conditions of participation are set out in the PSQ which can be obtained via the Portal on registration to express interest.
Suppliers requesting to participate in this procurement competition are required to submit their completed PSQs through Delta-esourcing by the deadline set out in this tender notice.
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 26 Jul 2030
- First published
- 23 Oct 2025, 14:05 BST
- Last source update
- 25 Aug 2026, 10:53 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 22 Jun 2026
- Authority reference
FSCS558- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-010987- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d289Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
Invoices must be submitted to [email protected] and must quote a valid Purchase Order Number.
- How it runs
This tender notice is for the award of a public contract through a competitive flexible procedure in accordance with section 20(1) and (2)(b) of the Procurement Act 2023.
The technical specification which are expected to be met for this procurement can be found in the Service Requirements document which is available via the Portal.
FSCS intends to shortlist up to 5 suppliers with the highest scoring Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) responses to participate in the tender stages (ITT) of the competitive flexible procedure. The 5 shortlisted suppliers will be invited to submit their tenders.
At the ITT stage, FSCS may conduct Site Visits and Presentations as part of the evalation of Tenders.
Further information and breakdown of the ITT stage evaluation will be shared with Shortlisted Bidders. Following the ITT stage, FSCS will award the contract to the Bidder with the Most Advantageous Tender.
FSCS will use an online portal at www.delta-esourcing.com ↗ ("the Portal") to make associated tender documents available to suppliers.
Suppliers requesting to participate in this procurement competition are required to submit their completed PSQs through the Portal by the deadline set out in this tender notice.
The following associated tender documents are being provided with the publication of this tender notice to provide further information about the procurement and are available on the Portal:
- Tender Notice
- PSQ
- Service Requirements
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 5 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline
- 5 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 20 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
23 Oct 2025 → 25 Aug 2026 · 10 dates- Planning notice published362 days ago23 Oct 2025, 14:05 BST
- Market engagement347 days ago7 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
The engagement has not yet been carried out.Engagement process description:
This is a Request for Information and to engage in Preliminary Market Engagement
- Tender notice published256 days ago6 Feb 2026, 14:09 GMT
- Clarification questions by242 days ago20 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline229 days ago5 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by120 days ago22 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Assessment summaries sent114 days ago29 Jun 2026, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends104 days ago8 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts86 days ago27 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published56 days ago25 Aug 2026, 10:53 BST
Notice history
11 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Oct 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published23 Oct 2025, 14:05 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published29 Oct 2025, 16:05 GMTUK2
- Tender notice published6 Feb 2026, 14:09 GMTUK4
- Published value updated6 Feb 2026, 14:09 GMT
- Status changed to active6 Feb 2026, 14:09 GMT
- Procurement method changed6 Feb 2026, 14:09 GMT
- Buyer details updated6 Feb 2026, 14:09 GMT
- Contract award notice published29 Jun 2026, 13:42 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete29 Jun 2026, 13:42 BST
- Contract signature expected9 Jul 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published25 Aug 2026, 10:53 BSTUK7
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2025-10: 2 releases · 23 Oct 2025, 29 Oct 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Specialist Computer Centres Plc27 Jul 2026 – 26 Jul 2029 · up to 26 Jul 2031Extensions: FSCS reserves the right to extend on 2 occassions by 12 months each. | £1,189,380 inc. VAT | 26 Jun 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Specialist Computer Centres Plc
- Signed
- 29 Jul 2026
- Value
- £1,251,781 inc. VAT
- Period
- 29 Jul 2026 – 28 Jul 2029 · up to 26 Jul 2031 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- FSCS reserves the right to extend on 2 occassions by 12 months each.
No agreed KPIs: KPIs were set but not published. The contract value is below £5 million including VAT.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3final-stage tenders · 4 at stage one | 1 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Financial Services Compensation SchemeContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- SPECIALIST COMPUTER CENTRES PLCAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (8)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications
- Technical specifications
- Bidding documents and specifications https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/XME9E9VGYY
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender