Planning

UHB Network Detection & Response Solution

  • University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-073220

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05dfaf

Published 12 November 2025, 2:19pm



Scope

Reference

C401045

Description

UHB intends to engage a service provider for implementing and deploying a cost-effective market leading Network Detection & Response Solution across its infrastructure. Delivers an initiative-taking approach to cyber resilience in a single cybersecurity platform, providing pre-emptive visibility into security posture, real-time detection, and recommended response to known and unknown threats traversing the Trust network infrastructure. The solution will allow the Cyber Security Team and Network Teams to respond quickly. With such a disparate network infrastructure we need the solution to monitor and understand network activity to provide visibility and strengthen threat detection. This solution will support UHB cybersecurity resilience, aligned with NHS Digital and NCSC guidance.

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 1 March 2026 to 29 February 2028
  • Possible extension to 28 February 2029
  • 3 years

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 72511000 - Network management software services

Engagement

Engagement deadline

3 December 2025

Engagement process description

Potential suppliers are requested to respond to the requirements, as detailed in the Briefing Document UHB Network Detection & Response Solution PME with confirmation of ability to meet the requirement, a description of how their product meets the requirement.

Procurement Process

The procurement process will be subject to further approvals and this Pre-Market Engagement Exercise will help form the tender process so currently, the route to market is unknown.

Suppliers wishing to participate in this market engagement exercise and express an interest in this requirement should respond to the questionnaire via the online form on the Health Family Single eCommercial System Portal (Atamis) by 13:00 on Wednesday 3rd December 2025.

https://health-family.force.com/s/Welcome

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Participation

Particular suitability

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)


Contracting authority

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PWVL-6877-BXXV

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

B15 2WB

United Kingdom

Contact name: Andrew Gough

Email: andrew.gough2@uhb.nhs.uk

Website: https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/

Region: UKG31 - Birmingham

Organisation type: Public authority - central government