Protective Monitoring Transition and Exit
Home Office. Combined from multiple notices.
- Stage
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Contract endedthe buyer has published a notice saying the contract has ended. That covers a contract that ran its full term.
- Buyer
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Home Office
- Supplier
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IBM UK Ltdtaken from the supplier contact on the notice
- Value
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£338KVAT basis not stated · GBP
- Was due to end
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30 May 2026signed
- First published
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9 Dec 2025last seen 11 Jun 2026
What the buyer published
The 2-month continuation (plus 1-month contingency) of the current protective monitoring service using IBM QRadar for on-premises and AWS-based Buyer-owned infrastructure and applications, to allow for transition to the in-house, long-term replacement solution. An operational support team monitor, support and patch the Protective Monitoring service and QRadar components including onboarding of new log sources. A Security Operations Centre (SOC) provides analysis of alerts, carries out triage and investigation of any potential security event, and alerts the Buyer. The monitoring service will be delivered from January 1st 2026 until March 31st 2026. An operational support team shall monitor, support and patch the Protective Monitoring service and QRadar components including onboarding of new log sources. A Security Operations Centre (SOC) shall provide analysis of alerts, carries out triage and investigation of any potential security event, and alert the Buyer. The replacement in-house, long-term replacement solution is in the final stages of development and governance with an anticipated go-live of Jan/Feb 2026 with the current IBM QRadar contract terminating on 31st Decmeber 2025 with no further extensions available, this short-term continuation contract is required to support transition.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 081214-2025 | 9 Dec 2025 | Transparency notice | award |
| 081235-2025 | 9 Dec 2025 | Award notice | award |
| 085967-2025 | 23 Dec 2025 | Award notice | award |
| 007165-2026 | 27 Jan 2026 | Contract details | award (current) |
| 055195-2026 | 11 Jun 2026 | Contract ended | terminated |