Published date: 4 August 2022

This notice was replaced on 15 August 2023

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 15 August 2023)

Closed early engagement


Contract summary

Industry

  • Software package suites - 48422000

  • IT software package - 48517000

  • Security software package - 48730000

    • Event services - 79952000

Location of contract

East Midlands

Procurement reference

NNC00000288

Published date

4 August 2022

Closing date

19 August 2022

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

North Northamptonshire Council (hereafter referred to as the "Council") are currently considering the implementation of a replacement Security Information and Event Management (hereafter referred to as "SIEM") solution, for which the Council's IT team will are responsible.
Initially the Council are seeking expressions of interest from relevant organisations in the marketplace to assist the Council in the development of an appropriate specification to help it to understand options of how this new solution could be managed; (either internally by Council staff or externally via a shared responsibility model offered by a Managed Security Service Provider (hereafter referred to as "MSSP") Security Operation Centre thus providing 24/7 cover.
Other options currently under consideration by the Council, include hosting (on premise or in the cloud), and the need to understand the benefits and drawback these options present as they will have significant influence on the final solution that we will pick.
The Council are keen to engage organisations at their soonest opportunity, to understand current solutions available in the marketplace. If your organisation would be interested in assisting the Council as a part of this process, please e-mailed the contact listed in the Contact Details of this notice.

More information

Additional text

This Early Engagement must not be considered as confirmation by North Northamptonshire Council that any future procurement opportunity will be forthcoming as a result of any activity undertaken as part of the Council's Early Engagement activities. The Council does not bind itself to running a procurement or awarding any resultant contract, following the conclusion of this Early Engagement activity.
In accordance with the requirements of the Council's Contract Procedure Rules, it is committed to conducting this Early Engagement activity in such a way that it does not prejudice any future potential bidder.
The Council will not adopt any technical advice in the preparation of any procurement activity from anyone where this may prejudice the equal treatment of all future potential bidders or distort competition.
Pre-procurement consultation with service users on what is being procured is encouraged and is considered good practice to ensure the Specification correctly addresses what is required by the Council.

About the buyer

Contact name

John Mwangi (Cyber Security Manager)

Address

The Cube, George Street
CORBY
NN17 1QG
England

Telephone

0300 126 3000

Email

john.mwangi@northnorthants.gov.uk

Website

www.northnorthants.gov.uk