Official UK procurement notice
Nova Education Trust Tender for the provision of IT Security and Internet Filtering Platform
Authority: Nova Trust (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNova Education Trust is seeking to appoint a single strategic partner to provide a fully integrated IT Security and internet filtering platform across the Trust. The Trust operates a diverse educational environment comprising primary, secondary and post-16 settings, supporting approximately 12,000 students, 5,000 endpoint devices, over 140 servers and 19 school sites. The current security environment includes firewall infrastructure, internet filtering, endpoint and server protection, and managed threat detection and response services.
CPV: Data security software package · IT software package
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£500,000
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 (6)
- Service Management: 5%
- Internet Filtering: 20%
- Firewall Hardware and Licensing: 20%
- Endpoint and Server Anti-Virus and Managed Security Operations Centre (SOC): 10%
- Price: 40%
- Corporate & Social responsibility, and Added Value: 5%
Published award criteria (6)
- Corporate & Social responsibility, and Added Value
- Service Management
- Price
- Internet Filtering
- Firewall Hardware and Licensing
- Endpoint and Server Anti-Virus and Managed Security Operations Centre (SOC)
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 26 Aug 2026, 12:33 BST
- Last source update
- 26 Aug 2026, 12:33 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 17 Dec 2026
- Authority reference
CA18385- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-081247- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ec64Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 28 Sept 2026, 10:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 21 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Timeline
26 Aug 2026 → 17 Dec 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published57 days ago26 Aug 2026, 12:33 BST
- Clarification questions by31 days ago21 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline24 days ago28 Sept 2026, 10:00 BST
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 56 days17 Dec 2026
- Award decision expected byin 57 days17 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published26 Aug 2026, 12:33 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender