Published date: 8 August 2022

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 9 September 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 72000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£800,000

Procurement reference

BIP711409623

Published date

8 August 2022

Closing date

9 September 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

20 November 2023

Contract end date

19 November 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Restricted procedure

A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Housing 21 wish to procure and implement a new Security Operation Centre (SOC) to improve their security posture in 2 key areas:


1. To provide 24/7 monitoring of the Housing 21 IT estate via an external dedicated cyber security company, being able to provide initial triage of security alerts, take immediate containment actions in the event of a cyber security incident and escalate to the Housing 21 security team.

2. And to provide consolidated visibility and centralised audit logging of core servers, enabling server security logging to be stored centrally to prevent destruction or tampering of the audit logs and enable quicker cyber security incident response.

The value on the tender advert includes consideration of an anticipated spend on this project, but also makes provision for any further relates services or supplies that does not materially alter the substance of this opportunity

More information

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About the buyer

Address

10th Floor, Tricorn House,
Birmingham, B16 8TP,
Birmingham
B168TP
UK

Telephone

+447872156532

Email

gill.brown@housing21.org.uk