Ealing ICT Cyber Security Contract 2023

Contract summary

Industry

• Internet and intranet software package - 48220000

Location of contract

England

Value of contract

£1,080,000

Procurement reference

EALING001-DN634936-61903498

Published date

23 March 2023

Closing date

24 October 2022

Closing time

10am

Contract start date

1 March 2023

Contract end date

28 February 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

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Description

Ealing Council required a range of managed security services provided by a trusted single source supplier who is able to provide flexible and integrated support over a 3 year contract term. This was to replace the existing contract for these services that expired on 28th February 2023. The contracting authority is seeking to procure services for:

1) Managed Security Operations Centre (SOC)
a) Security monitoring, threat protection, threat hunting and incident response covering a digital estate of over 4000 endpoints and 300 servers, across Windows, Linux, and Cloud-based (Azure) operating systems and environments;
b) Incident investigations, triage, and response;
c) Vulnerability scanning of many IP ranges / hosts with remediation tracking.

2) Incident Response
a) Implementation of joint incident response processes for major incidents, out-of-band communication mechanisms, and management plans Incident investigations, triage, and response;
b) Forensic analysis of indicators of compromise and analysis of malware samples to understand the extent of a compromise should it occur;
c) Rapid remote interception of, containment of, and response to live cyber threats;
d) Triage and first response without requiring intervention from Ealing personnel;
e) This should be read and answered in conjunction with the SOC requirement as complimentary services/capabilities.

3) Penetration Testing
a) Security audits and assessment including penetration testing of web applications and infrastructure, configuration and build reviews, etc...
b) IT Health Check Testing delivered by suitably qualified and experienced personnel, in accordance with NCSC Protocols;
c) 'Red Team' attack simulation services;
d) The supplier should be able to provide resourcing for approximately 100 days of penetration testing per annum.

The Council awarded a call off contract to Jumpsec Limited from the Crown Commercial Services Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) "Cyber Security Services 3 - RM3764.3", in accordance with the rules of the DPS for the provision of ICT Cyber Security Services for a duration of three years commencing on the 1 March 2023, with a budget of £0.360m per annum.

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Award information

Awarded date

20 December 2022

Contract start date

1 March 2023

Contract end date

28 February 2026

Total value of contract

£1,080,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Jumpsec Ltd

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About the buyer

Contact name

Avneet Johal

Address

London Borough of Ealing, Perceval House
14-16 Uxbridge Road
Ealing
W5 2HL
England

Telephone

+442088259655

Email

johala@ealing.gov.uk

Website

http://www.ealing.gov.uk