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title: "Security Operations Centre (SOC)"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-044f63"
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buyer: "NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY"
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# Security Operations Centre (SOC)

Buyer: NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-044f63

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## Summary

The National Physical Laboratory is looking to implement a 24x7 Security Operations Centre (SOC) to enhance its cybersecurity measures. This procurement opportunity falls under the IT services category, with a contract value of £375,000. The tender is in the active stage, with a submission deadline of 3rd May 2024 and an award period starting on 7th May 2024. The SOC services will focus on M365 E5 licensing stack, threat hunting, cloud security, and technical security advisory in Teddington, UK.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses specialising in IT services, cybersecurity, and consulting to provide a range of security services to the National Physical Laboratory. The contract duration is initially for three years with the possibility of extension based on supplier performance. Businesses capable of delivering 24x7 SOC services, including handling security threats and compliance reporting, are well-suited to compete in this open procurement procedure.

## Notice

The National Physical Laboratory [NPL] requirement is to implement a 24x7 Security Operations Centre (SOC). It would enable NPL to gain 24x7 visibility over potential security threats in its environment and respond to them in a timely manner as per severity and agreed SLA. Currently, NPL does not have out of hours capability to respond to security alerts/incidents which leaves it vulnerable to security threats coming in out of hours, which in turn can have a significant impact on the availability of NPL systems if we are hit by a determined cyber threat actor, especially at this time where UK government organisations are at a higher alert status. NPL's intention is to find a service provider that could supply several services which would fill the gap left from having a lack of resources (Senior Engineers and Architect), and who could function as part of an extended virtual team. Services required for SOC will be focused on NPL's M365 E5 licensing stack, including handling Defender EDR capabilities, SIEM service, threat hunting, compliance reporting, cloud security baselining, vulnerability assessments, phishing trends, dark web monitoring and technical security advisory. The contract will initially be for a period of three years with the possibility of extending it by two further periods of one year each (3 + 1+ 1), following satisfactory performance of the supplier and at the sole discretion of NPL.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Security Operations Centre (SOC)

Renewal: The contract will initially be for a period of three years with the possibility of extending it by two further periods of one year each (3 + 1+ 1), following satisfactory performance of the supplier and at the sole discretion of NPL.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010818-2024 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 3 Apr 2024 |
| Submission deadline | 3 May 2024 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £375,000 |
| Lots value | £375,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Active |
| Lots status | Active |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY |
| Locality | TEDDINGTON |
| Post town | Twickenham |
| Postcode | TW11 0LW |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI7 Outer London - West and North West |
| ITL 3 | TLI75 Hounslow and Richmond upon Thames |
| Local authority | Richmond upon Thames |
| Electoral ward | Teddington |
| Westminster constituency | Twickenham |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

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

## Release History

- 3 Apr 2024 at 15:05 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010818-2024

## Notice URLs

- http://www.npl.co.uk
- https://lupc.bravosolution.co.uk/

## Provenance

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