Managed Operations Security Centre

A Contract Award Notice
by UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD(THE)

Source
Contracts Finder
Type
Contract (Services)
Duration
5 year
Value
£540K
Sector
TECHNOLOGY
Published
21 May 2026
Delivery
25 May 2026 to 25 May 2031
Deadline
23 Apr 2026 11:00

Related Terms

Location

Geochart for 1 buyers and 1 suppliers

1 buyer

1 supplier

Description

Award notice for a procurement for the universities Managed Operations Security Centre. We are using the NWUPC Software Licence Resellers Agreement SLRA Lot 1 Microsoft & Associated Services. The University of Salford (UoS) community encompasses over 26,000 students, 2,800 staff and 170,000 alumni who come to study, teach, and research at Salford from all around the world. The University of Salford's thriving industry-focused research is innovative, rising to the challenges and opportunities of the fourth industrial revolution. UoS has a small information security team. The team use Microsoft Sentinel as their SIEM (Security Incident and Event Monitoring) solution. There is an incumbent managed Security Operations Centre (SOC) provider augmenting the internal team and providing 24/7/365 cover, initial triage of events, advice and guidance on significant events, and maintenance and tuning of the Sentinel platform as well as targeted threat intelligence.

Award Detail

1 Softcat (Manchester)
  • Value: £544,756

CPV Codes

  • 48000000 - Software package and information systems

Indicators

  • Contract is suitable for SMEs.

Reference

  • UoS/DH/25/26/QTR3/Managed Operations Security Centre
  • CF 777e1862-ffb3-43fa-ac63-6e0e1778511c

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