Protective Monitoring Transition and Exit
- Home Office
Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05f22c
Description
The 2-month continuation (plus 1-month contingency) of the current protective monitoring service using IBM QRadar for on-premises and AWS-based Buyer-owned infrastructure and applications, to allow for transition to the in-house, long-term replacement solution. An operational support team monitor, support and patch the Protective Monitoring service and QRadar components including onboarding of new log sources. A Security Operations Centre (SOC) provides analysis of alerts, carries out triage and investigation of any potential security event, and alerts the Buyer.
The monitoring service will be delivered from January 1st 2026 until March 31st 2026. An operational support team shall monitor, support and patch the Protective Monitoring service and QRadar components including onboarding of new log sources. A Security Operations Centre (SOC) shall provide analysis of alerts, carries out triage and investigation of any potential security event, and alert the Buyer.
The in-house, long-term replacement solution is in the final stages of development and governance with an anticipated go-live of Jan/Feb 2026 with the current IBM QRadar contract terminating on 31st Decmeber 2025 with no further extensions available, this short-term continuation contract is required to support transition.
Notices
UK7: Contract details notice
- Notice identifier
- 2026/S 000-007165
- Published
- 27 January 2026, 2:46pm
UK6: Contract award notice
- Notice identifier
- 2025/S 000-085967
- Published
- 23 December 2025, 4:09pm
23 December 2025, 4:09pm (latest version)
- 9 December 2025, 5:20pm
UK5: Transparency notice
- Notice identifier
- 2025/S 000-081214
- Published
- 9 December 2025, 4:51pm