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# Security Operations Centre

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/security-operations-centre-ocds-h6vhtk-0498b7). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Essex County Council: "Security Operations Centre". Published status: complete. Published Value: £10,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 8 Oct 2024, 12:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Essex County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/essex-county-council-ons-e10000012)
- **Published Value:** £10,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 8 October 2024 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Coding equipment, Defence services, military defence services and civil defence services, IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- **Delivery Location:** UK, UKH3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £205,031 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0498b7`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/security-operations-centre-ocds-h6vhtk-0498b7#tl-md)

## Description
Essex 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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 72000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKH

- **Description:** This service will provide a 24/7/365 SOC service capable of detecting and alerting ECC to any potential cyber security incidents.

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Security Operations Centre (active)
  - Award id: `028581-2024-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Phoenix Software Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH-755349015`
  - Value: £205,031 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Security Operations Centre (active)
  - Signed Value: £205,031
  - Signed Date: 13/08/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F028581-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-09-06T10:33:11.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T13:33:13.353Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0498b7