Award GB FTS

Corporate IT Security Solution

Merseytravel. Combined from multiple notices.

Stage: Award

the latest stage the buyer has published
Buyer: Merseytravel
Supplier: SAPPHIRE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

named on the notice
Value: £600K

VAT basis not stated · GBP
Awarded: 24 Nov 2025

the signed contract date on the notice
End date: For subscribers only
First published: 23 Jun 2025

last seen 25 Nov 2025

What the buyer published

Merseytravel (an officer of Liverpool City Region Combined Authority) is seeking to appoint a single strategic MDR/SOC provider to act as a trusted, accountable partner responsible for delivering robust cybersecurity, threat detection, incident response, and security operations, while driving innovation to ensure security enhances rather than constrains business operations. The proposed contract is for an initial 2 years with an option to extend up to an additional 2 years.

The buyer published this contract more than once.

We combine all notices into one record, so it only appears here once.

Notice	Published	Type	Stage
034489-2025	23 Jun 2025	Tender notice	tender
069984-2025	31 Oct 2025	Award notice	award
076870-2025	25 Nov 2025	Contract details	award (current)

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History of this contract

An empty stage is useful. For example, no tender stage usually means the buyer used a framework or gave the contract directly.

◌ Planning none

● Tender on record

● Award on record

● End date For subscribers only

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.