Award

Award of Darktrace Service

CROWN OFFICE AND PROCURATOR FISCAL SERVICE

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Summary of the contracting process

The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service has completed the tendering process for the "Award of Darktrace Service," which is aimed at enhancing cyber resilience as part of their digital strategy. The procurement, classified under the industry category of "services," took place in Edinburgh, UK, with the contract awarded to Notbinary Limited, after following the open procedure under the Crown Commercial Services G-Cloud 11 framework. The contract is currently active and was signed on 19th December 2019, with a total value of £336,999. Key contact for this procurement is Adrian Williamson, reachable at procurementreturns@copfs.gov.uk.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses involved in cybersecurity solutions, particularly those providing monitoring, detection, and response services. Companies specialising in advanced AI cybersecurity technologies, like Darktrace, would be well-suited to compete in similar future tenders. The emphasis on compliance with modern regulations such as PSN/P and GDPR highlights a growing market for digital security services, making it an ideal time for firms focused on security management systems to engage with public sector contracts.

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Notice Title

Award of Darktrace Service

Notice Description

COPFS' Digital Strategy places Cyber resilience at the core of our operations and strategic delivery planning. The Digital Strategy will introduce more internet and cloud-based technologies in support of business transformation and modernisation. The added functionality of these modern services introduces new cybersecurity challenges in an evolving on-line threat landscape. Ongoing compliance with PSN/P, GDPR and Audit requirements requires the continued development of security management systems to address new and emerging cyber threats and cyber security incidents. The replacement of the current monitoring contract provides the opportunity to implement a security monitoring, detection, response and recovery system more attuned with current compliance requirements new technologies.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Darktrace is a system that adopts Artificial Intelligence to learn the normal network traffic and behaviour on the COPFS network and to alert and advise of potential internal and external threats and incidents in real-time. It integrates with existing and planned network and cloud monitoring systems to feed intelligence to a central COPFS facility (Security Operations Centre or SOC) that analyses, reacts and manages cyber incidents. Having engaged with Darktrace directly through the POV exercise, they advised that a number of other public bodies had procured Darktrace via the Crown Commercial Services G-Cloud 11 framework. Given there were no Scottish frameworks that would meet this requirement, we chose to follow this suggestion and procured through the G-Cloud 11 process via the Digital Marketplace.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000618024
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAR383638
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

48 - Software package and information systems

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support


CPV Codes

48730000 - Security software package

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

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£336,999 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
13 Mar 20205 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
19 Dec 20196 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
CROWN OFFICE AND PROCURATOR FISCAL SERVICE
Contact Name
Adrian Williamson
Contact Email
procurementreturns@copfs.gov.uk
Contact Phone
+44 3000203000

Buyer Location

Locality
EDINBURGH
Postcode
EH1 1LA
Post Town
Edinburgh
Country
Scotland

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM1 East Central Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM13 City of Edinburgh
Delivery Location
TLM Scotland

Local Authority
City of Edinburgh
Electoral Ward
City Centre
Westminster Constituency
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

NOTBINARY

Further Information

Notice Documents

  • https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAR383638
    Award of Darktrace Service - COPFS' Digital Strategy places Cyber resilience at the core of our operations and strategic delivery planning. The Digital Strategy will introduce more internet and cloud-based technologies in support of business transformation and modernisation. The added functionality of these modern services introduces new cybersecurity challenges in an evolving on-line threat landscape. Ongoing compliance with PSN/P, GDPR and Audit requirements requires the continued development of security management systems to address new and emerging cyber threats and cyber security incidents. The replacement of the current monitoring contract provides the opportunity to implement a security monitoring, detection, response and recovery system more attuned with current compliance requirements new technologies.

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