Tender

WHC - 3rd party Security Operations Centre 3 year contract

  • West Herts College

UK4: Tender notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-017164

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-065cb4

Published 26 February 2026, 9:45am



Scope

Reference

CA17266

Description

The Scope

- Deliver 24/7 cyber monitoring to react to threats within incident SLA.

- Take on cyber threat tickets that are raised via West Herts – Averaging 2 tickets a day (Mainly Phishing Attacks).

- Monitor and triage security alerts from security tooling and logs.

- Tier 3 analyst should be involved in decision making not AI tooling. Al tooling should be used for detection and data gathering not for actioning any changes.

- Support the West Herts security team via best practices and be a part of the key DR testing, pen testing and recovery actions.

- Access to an account manager or team lead when needed.

- Support small change activity when required,

o 20% Small Change

o 80% Day to day Operations

- Looking for a small team resource pool to start with this will be reviewed each year as the business demand grows.

Total value (estimated)

  • £90,000 excluding VAT
  • £108,000 including VAT

Below the relevant threshold

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 1 August 2026 to 31 July 2029
  • 3 years

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

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

Contract locations

  • UK - United Kingdom

Participation

Particular suitability

  • Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
  • Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)

Submission

Enquiry deadline

4 March 2026, 12:00pm

Tender submission deadline

13 March 2026, 12:00pm

Submission address and any special instructions

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Tenders may be submitted electronically

Yes


Award criteria

This table contains award criteria for this lot
Name Description Type Weighting
Quality

Quality

Quality 60.00%
Price

Price

Price 40.00%

Procedure

Procedure type

Below threshold - open competition


Contracting authority

West Herts College

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PYCL-3178-PCTP

Hempstead Road

Watford

WD1 3EZ

United Kingdom

Telephone: 01923 812000

Email: emma.doree@westherts.ac.uk

Region: UKH23 - Hertfordshire

Organisation type: Public undertaking (commercial organisation subject to public authority oversight)