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Managed Operations Security Centre
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01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- £544,756Estimated value stated in the notice
- Deadline (UK time)
- Thu 23 Apr 2026, 12:00 BSTA deadline does not apply to this historical notice. The source records Thu 23 Apr 2026, 12:00 BST, which is not an open deadline.
- Published
- 21 May 2026
- Region
- Not stated
02/ The brief
What the notice says
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Award notice for a procurement for the universities Managed Operations Security Centre.
We are using the NWUPC Software Licence Resellers Agreement SLRA Lot 1 Microsoft & Associated Services.
The University of Salford (UoS) community encompasses over 26,000 students, 2,800 staff and 170,000 alumni who come to study, teach, and research at Salford from all around the world. The University of Salford's thriving industry-focused research is innovative, rising to the challenges and opportunities of the fourth industrial revolution.
UoS has a small information security team. The team use Microsoft Sentinel as their SIEM (Security Incident and Event Monitoring) solution. There is an incumbent managed Security Operations Centre (SOC) provider augmenting the internal team and providing 24/7/365 cover, initial triage of events, advice and guidance on significant events, and maintenance and tuning of the Sentinel platform as well as targeted threat intelligence.
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 48000000
04/ History
Releases of this notice
One release held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 21 May 2026Contract notice
Contract notice published 21 May 2026.
Release 777e1862-ffb3-43fa-ac63-6e0e1778511c
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05/ Limits
What the source does not tell us
- Only one release is held, so there is no change history.
06/ Questions
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07/ Related
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- Reference
- 777e1862-ffb3-43fa-ac63-6e0e1778511c
- Source
- Contracts Finder
- Stage
- contract · Contract
- Last verified
- Sat 23 May 2026, 01:01 BST
- Read at
- Sat 17 Oct 2026, 00:40 BST
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