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title: "Procurment of a Managed Security Operations Centre Service"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06eac7"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "POPLAR HOUSING AND REGENERATION COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED"
published: "2026-08-24"
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# Procurment of a Managed Security Operations Centre Service

Buyer: POPLAR HOUSING AND REGENERATION COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06eac7

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## Summary

Poplar Housing and Regeneration Community Association Limited (Poplar HARCA) procured a managed security operations centre service for its technology infrastructure. The requirement covers continuous monitoring and remediation of security incidents across approximately 550 endpoints and the organisation’s Microsoft 365 environment. This is an outsourced cyber-security operations service, involving the detection, investigation and response to incidents rather than a one-off software supply. The activity is for Poplar HARCA’s infrastructure in London. The associated classification is CPV 72212730, security software development services, although the stated requirement is principally an ongoing managed security monitoring and incident-remediation service. The procurement contains a single requirement, covering the full managed security operations centre service rather than separate geographic or technical lots.

The procurement has been completed and awarded following a below-threshold limited competition. The single lot was awarded to Protech Communications Limited, an SME, and the contract is active. The gross awarded contract value is £137,856 including tax, in GBP. The contract was signed on 30 July 2026 and runs from 30 July 2026 to 30 July 2027. The terms include one discretionary one-year extension, allowing the contract to run to 30 July 2028 if exercised by Poplar HARCA. The procurement was for services and was handled through a limited procedure. No award criteria or detailed scoring basis is recorded in the procurement information. The contract is below the applicable threshold.

This requirement indicates demand from a housing association for a managed cyber-security service that can provide genuinely continuous operational coverage, not just periodic consultancy or tool deployment. Competitors targeting similar future work would need to monitor and investigate security events across a sizeable distributed endpoint estate and Microsoft 365, with the people, processes and technology to respond to incidents and carry out remediation. Credible suppliers should be able to demonstrate an established security operations centre, reliable out-of-hours coverage, incident triage, escalation and documented remediation workflows. Experience protecting Microsoft 365 environments and managing endpoint security at comparable scale would help establish capability. The award to an SME also shows that this type of requirement can be delivered by a focused specialist rather than only a large systems integrator.

## Notice

Poplar HARCA wishes to procure a Managed Security Operations Centre service to provide 24/7 monitoring and remediation of security incidents in it's infrastructure. This will cover approximately 550 endpoints and our M365 environment.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080454-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - limited competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 24 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 30 Jul 2026 |
| Contract period | 30 Jul 2026 - 30 Jul 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £137,856 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | POPLAR HOUSING AND REGENERATION COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LIMITED |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Postcode area | East London |
| Postcode | E14 6DA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East |
| ITL 3 | TLI42 Tower Hamlets |
| Local authority | Tower Hamlets |
| Electoral ward | Lansbury |
| Westminster constituency | Poplar and Limehouse |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | PROTECH COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 72212730 - Security software development services

## Release History

- 24 Aug 2026 at 15:13 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080454-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/080454-2026
  24th August 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.poplarharca.co.uk/
- http://www.protech-comms.co.uk
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

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