Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Newcastle City Council
Civic Centre
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE18QH
UK
E-mail: corporate.procurement.team@newcastle.gov.uk
NUTS: UKC22
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://newcastle.gov.uk/
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Security Operations Centre & SIEM Refresh
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72600000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Newcastle City Council (NCC) requires a Security Operations Centre (SOC) and Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) service to ensure the effective protection, monitoring, and safeguarding of its ICT assets.
This was procured via Framework - CCS Technology Products and
Associated Services Framework Agreement (reference RM6098) Lot 3 Software.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Lowest offer:
.01
GBP/ Highest offer:
194 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
48100000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKC2
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The requirement is for a Security Operations Centre (SOC) and Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) service to ensure the effective protection, monitoring, and safeguarding of NCC's ICT assets.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 60
Price
/ Weighting:
40%
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the Directive
Explanation
As TePAS 2 is a pre‑approved and competitively tendered national framework, contracting authorities may make call‑off awards directly under its terms without issuing a new call for competition.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
10/02/2026
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 2
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 6
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
MTI Technology Ltd
SC112019
Edinburgh, Scotland
EH1 2EG
UK
NUTS: UKM75
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
Lowest offer:
.01
GBP
/ Highest offer:
194 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Newcastle City Council
Newcastle Upon Tyne
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
10/04/2026