PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

Enhanced Cyber Security Operations Centre

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · published 29 Apr 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 IDcdb5c524-8845-4a0a-a2c1-0bcdd5148ca6-895435
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-67f575bf-d213-4571-8a0f-80193c938df3
Buyer identifierGB-SRS-sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/CkD254kv
Release typeawardUpdate
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

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Award value
£2,500,000
award field
Tender value
£2,500,000
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
Category
services
CPV
72222300
Information technology services
Delivery
England, United Kingdom
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

The Supplier will collaborate and support MHCLG in growing and maturing its cyber security posture and provide a 24x7 365 managed detect and respond service to its consumers. Ultimately they will be an extension of the MHCLG SOC team. The Supplier will be required to bolt into MHCLG security incident response process, escalating SIEM alerts and raising tickets in the ITSM tool. The Supplier shall provide the appropriate resources and a formal team structure to fulfil the security contract. The service delivery manager will keep MHCLG up to date with information concerning issues and risks to information security. The Supplier will act as an escalation point for security matters and immediately inform MHCLG of any high-risk security threats and risk assess to the supported environment. Additional information: Call-Off from the Crown Commercial Service DPS - RM3764.3 Cyber Security Services 3. The contract includes an option to extend for a further two years.

Tender statuscomplete
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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release29 Apr 2026
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published1 Sept 2025
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published9 Feb 2026
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published8 Feb 2029
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

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SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 29 Apr 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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