Official UK procurement notice
Managed Security Operation Centre
Authority: Financial Services Compensation Scheme (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement description****This is a duplication. Prospective Tenderers should see Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-010987*******
FSCS is seeking to procure a new outsourced hybrid outsourced Security Operations 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 need to integrate with our existing SIEM and EDR/XDR capabilities as well as our IT ticketing system.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London… ↗
To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
- How the procedure runs: ****This is a duplication. Prospective Tenderers should see Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-010987******* 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. Upon completion of the PSQ stage, a shortlisted selection of suppliers will be invited to the Invitation to Tender stage. At the ITT stage, FSCS may conduct Site Visits and Presentations as part of evaluation of Tenders. Further information and breakdown of the ITT stage will be shared with Shortlisted Bidders. Following the ITT stage tender submissions, FSCS intends to 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 #1RenewalPublished value£1,850,000
- Economic & financial standing
****This is a duplication. Prospective Tenderers should see Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-010987*******
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 (the Portal) by the deadline set out in this tender notice.
- Technical & professional ability
****This is a duplication. Prospective Tenderers should see Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-010987*******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 (the Portal) 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)
- Total Quality: 70%
- Total Price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Total Quality
- Total Price
- Economic & financial standing
****This is a duplication. Prospective Tenderers should see Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-010987*******
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 (the Portal) by the deadline set out in this tender notice.
- Technical & professional ability
****This is a duplication. Prospective Tenderers should see Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-010987*******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 (the Portal) 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
- Closed
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 6 Feb 2026, 14:05 GMT
- Last source update
- 6 Feb 2026, 14:24 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 22 Jun 2026
- Authority reference
FSCS558- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-010982- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-064a2cFind a Tender- Contract terms summary
Invoices must be submitted to [email protected] and must quote a valid Purchase Order Number.
- How it runs
****This is a duplication. Prospective Tenderers should see Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-010987*******
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. Upon completion of the PSQ stage, a shortlisted selection of suppliers will be invited to the Invitation to Tender stage.
At the ITT stage, FSCS may conduct Site Visits and Presentations as part of evaluation of Tenders.
Further information and breakdown of the ITT stage will be shared with Shortlisted Bidders. Following the ITT stage tender submissions, FSCS intends to 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, 23:59 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 20 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
6 Feb 2026 → 27 Jul 2026 · 6 dates- Tender notice published257 days ago6 Feb 2026, 14:05 GMT
- Clarification questions by243 days ago20 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Expressions of interest by230 days ago5 Mar 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline229 days ago5 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Award decision expected by121 days ago22 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts87 days ago27 Jul 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 Feb 2026- Tender notice published6 Feb 2026, 14:05 GMTUK4
- Tender notice published6 Feb 2026, 14:24 GMTUK4
- Deadline published: 5 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT6 Feb 2026, 14:24 GMT
Published amendments (1)
****This is a duplication. Prospective Tenderers should see Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-010987******* Please note that this notice should be disregarded as it is a duplication due a technical issue with the Portal..
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (6)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender