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# Security Operations Centre (SOC)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/security-operations-centre-soc-ocds-h6vhtk-044f63). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** National Physical Laboratory: "Security Operations Centre (SOC)". Published status: active. Published Value: £375,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 3 May 2024, 17:00 BST. Published submission portal: lupc.bravosolution.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [National Physical Laboratory](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/national-physical-laboratory-gov-pc1387)
- **Published Value:** £375,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 3 May 2024 at 17:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-044f63`

## 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-soc-ocds-h6vhtk-044f63#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [lupc.bravosolution.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Flupc.bravosolution.co.uk%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/security-operations-centre-soc-ocds-h6vhtk-044f63#participate

## Description
The National Physical Laboratory [NPL] requirement is to implement a 24x7 Security Operations Centre (SOC). It would enable NPL to gain 24x7 visibility over potential security threats in its environment and respond to them in a timely manner as per severity and agreed SLA. 
Currently, NPL does not have out of hours capability to respond to security alerts/incidents which leaves it vulnerable to security threats coming in out of hours, which in turn can have a significant impact on the availability of NPL systems if we are hit by a determined cyber threat actor, especially at this time where UK government organisations are at a higher alert status.
NPL’s intention is to find a service provider that could supply several services which would fill the gap left from having a lack of resources (Senior Engineers and Architect), and who could function as part of an extended virtual team. 
Services required for SOC will be focused on NPL’s M365 E5 licensing stack, including handling Defender EDR capabilities, SIEM service, threat hunting, compliance reporting, cloud security baselining, vulnerability assessments, phishing trends, dark web monitoring and technical security advisory.
The contract will initially be for a period of three years with the possibility of extending it by two further periods of one year each (3 + 1+ 1), following satisfactory performance of the supplier and at the sole discretion of NPL.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £375,000
- **Description:** Security Operations Centre (SOC)
- **Contract Period:**  to 30/06/2027
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F010818-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-04-03T15:05:23.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T19:30:43.995Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-044f63