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Published 12 Oct 2026, 12:29 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Soft Market Testing for Managed XDR Service

Official notice

Authority: Bristol City Council (Local council)

ServicesBelow thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: South West (UKK11)
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice — not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsends 1 Aug 2030 · starts 1 Aug 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Bristol City Council is conducting a soft market test exercise to assess the marketplace and identify a suitable supplier capable of delivering a Managed Extended Detection and Response (XDR) service, including Security Operations Centre (SOC) capabilities, across the Council's infrastructure, cloud services, networks, and end-user devices. In order to access the Soft market testing documents,, please register your interest on ProContract. https://procontract.due-north.com/Login

CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Planned 3 yrsSME
Contract period: 1 Aug 2027 — 1 Aug 2030 (3 yrs)Eligibility: SME eligibleDelivery: South West
72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
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
12 Oct 2026, 12:29 BST
Last source update
12 Oct 2026, 12:29 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-096036
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Delivery area
South West (UKK11)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078589 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

3 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice published1 day ago
    12 Oct 2026, 12:29 BST
  2. Market engagementin 16 days
    28 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMTBristol City Council is conducting a soft market test exercise to assess the marketplace and identify a suitable supplier capable of delivering a Managed Extended Detection and Response (XDR) service, including Security Operations Centre (SOC) capabilities, across the Council's infrastructure, cloud services, networks, and end-user devices. In order to access the Soft market testing documents,, please register your interest on ProContract. https://procontract.due-north.com/Login
  3. Contract startsin 292 days
    1 Aug 2027

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Notice history

2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 12 Oct 2026
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    12 Oct 2026, 12:29 BSTUK2
  2. First planning notice published
    12 Oct 2026, 12:29 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Bristol City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PWXH-3837-PDTD City Hall, College Green, Bristol, South West, BS1 5TRContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure