Award GB FTS

Security Operations Centre

Essex County Council

Stage: Award

the latest stage the buyer has published
Buyer: Essex County Council
Supplier: Phoenix Software Limited

named in the award notice
Value: £205K

VAT basis not stated · GBP
Awarded: 14 Aug 2024

the signed contract date on the notice
End date: 14 Aug 2025

estimated from the term the buyer stated
First published: 6 Sep 2024

last seen 6 Sep 2024

What the buyer published

Essex County Council's Technology Services department operates a hybrid security operations centre (SOC) model, in which an internal team is complimented by an external supplier providing a 24/7 service. This contract is to procure a service that will provide 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year monitoring and alerting service on the Council's systems designed to rapidly detect and alert the Council to cyber threats.

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History of this contract

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◌ Planning none

◌ Tender none

● Award on record

● End date 14 Aug 2025, estimated from the term the buyer stated

Why we call this SOC, detection and response

Judged against the rules we publish. How we decide.

SOC, detection and response An ongoing service that watches an organisation's systems and responds to attacks.

Bought on its own, as a separate contract The cyber work is a separate contract.