PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

002556 - Bitdefender Business Security / Anti-Virus & Endpoint Security (Call off from G Cloud

Durham County Council · published 2 Jan 2026. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

Contracts Finder release ID8d659d30-efac-4947-b715-2786ea786a5c-877745
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-c797730d-11b0-41f3-961f-98a3dd5d93da
Buyer identifierGB-LAE-DUR
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

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Award value
£55,801
award field
Tender value
£55,801
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a framework agreement
Category
services
CPV
48821000
Network servers
Delivery
North East, United Kingdom
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

Renewal\Extension of Bitdefender Business Security. Bitdefender provides critical protection for all council-managed laptops and computers that connect to the council network, defending against a wide range of evolving cyber threats including viruses, malware, and other security risks. An extension of the current Bitdefender Business Security licence is required for an additional year to maintain this protection while the council progresses towards procuring a Security Operations Centre (SOC) and Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solution, which will ultimately encompass this functionality. This is a Call-Off Contract for the provision of Services Under Lot 2 Cloud Software from G-Cloud.

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release2 Jan 2026
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published19 Dec 2025
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published10 Jan 2026
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published9 Jan 2027
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

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SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 2 Jan 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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