Award GB CF

Data Analytics Protective Monitoring and SIEM

Department for Work & Pensions

Stage: Award

the latest stage the buyer has published
Buyer: Department for Work & Pensions
Supplier: Softcat Limited

named in the award notice
Value: £5.9M

covers more than the cyber work
Awarded: 23 Jan 2026

the award date on the notice
End date: For subscribers only
Where: North West, England
First published: 28 Jan 2026

last seen 28 Jan 2026

What the buyer published

The platform provides Security Monitoring and Fraud prevention with the Security and Data Protection team, fraud prevention and IT operations within Universal Credit; alongside IT operational visibility across a host of Digital support pillars

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History of this contract

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◌ Planning none

◌ Tender none

● 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.

Multi-service and framework contracts A framework or call-off contract that many buyers can use.