Official UK procurement notice
Security Operations Centre · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Essex County Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionEssex County Council's Technology Services department operates a hybrid security operations centre (SOC) model, in which an internal team is complimented by an external supplier providing a 24/7 service.
This contract is to procure a service that will provide 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year monitoring and alerting service on the Council's systems designed to rapidly detect and alert the Council to cyber threats.
CPV: Coding equipment · Defence services, military defence services and civil defence services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1This service will provide a 24/7/365 SOC service capable of detecting and alerting ECC…Awarded
This service will provide a 24/7/365 SOC service capable of detecting and alerting ECC to any potential cyber security incidents.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 6 Sept 2024, 11:33 BST
- Last source update
- 6 Sept 2024, 11:33 BST
- Authority reference
CO0521- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-028581- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0498b7Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
Payment will be monthly subject to performance of the service
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
Direct award via a waiver to the incumbent provider for one year only. It is not possible for another contractor to be procured for this one year period because it requires bespoke code to be written for the Council. Also, the current monitoring system is owned by Phoenix Software Ltd and was purpose built to the Council's requirements. Another organisation cannot provide the commissioned service given the code owned by the incumbent provider would not be transferrable. Failure to maintain this system, exposes the Council to a far greater risk of undetected cyber-attack.
- Other terms
The Authority reserves the right to amend any condition related to security of information to reflect any changes in national law or government policy. If any contract documents are accompanied by a Security Aspects Letter (SAL), the Authority reserves the right to amend the terms of the SAL to reflect any changes in national law or government policy whether in respect of the applicable protective marking scheme, specific protective markings given, the aspects to which any protective marking applies or otherwise.
Industry currently undertake the services, so therefore TUPE obligations are a possibility.
Publisher note: The Contracting Authority intends to use an e-Tendering system in this procurement exercise, please visit www.contracts.mod.uk for full details and to register your interest in this procurement.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 8 Oct 2024, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Deposits and guarantees
- The Authority reserves the right to request a Parent Company Guarantee.
Timeline
6 Sept 2024 → 14 Oct 2024 · 3 dates- Notice published6 Sept 2024, 11:33 BST
- Submission deadline8 Oct 2024, 12:00 BST
- Invitations to tender expected14 Oct 2024, 00:00 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 Sept 2024- Status changed to complete6 Sept 2024, 11:33 BST
- Procurement method changed6 Sept 2024, 11:33 BST
- Buyer details updated6 Sept 2024, 11:33 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix Software Ltd | £205,031 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Security Operations Centre · Phoenix Software Ltd
- Signed
- 14 Aug 2024
- Value
- £205,031
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Ministry of DefenceContracting authorityDefence
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Phoenix Software LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.