II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
48730000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
UNITED KINGDOM
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
i)A Managed Security Operation Centre with SIEM capability covering 24 hours, 7 days a week operation monitoring FSCS services to meet the Service Levels provided in the ITT
ii)Ingest logs from FSCS IT services and provide monitoring, detection, and response
iii)To consume logs in a range of formats and from multiple sources on premise and in the azure cloud, including and not limited to: firewalls, Azure DDoS, Azure WAF, Azure load balancer, Azure Application Gateway, Azure NSG, routers, servers, switches, wireless controllers, VMs, virtual and physical appliances, laptops, containers, applications, FSCS web sites – IIS and Azure web apps , email services, Office365, Key Vaults, Backup Vaults, Azure KSMs, Azure Event Hub, Azure log analytics, HSMs, deployment mechanisms, third-party applications, authentication and authorisation services, anti-virus software, endpoint protection software, Microsoft Defender for Cloud and threat intelligence.
iv)To apply threat intelligence analysis to the technologies and services that comprise of the FSCS IT estate.
v)Hosts and services located in cloud and on-premises environments shall be scanned and vulnerabilities highlighted.
vi)To include regular real-time and summary reporting, and dashboards
vii)To implement, configure and provide on-boarding support and assistance to FSCS in respect of the Services
viii)To provide on-going account management and service management
ix)To develop and tune the service to reduce false positives
x)To work with FSCS to enhance the Services in line with changes to best practice
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
6 000 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 36
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
This includes the option to extend twice, each for a period of up-to 24 months. Therefore this is a 3 + 2 + 2
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
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