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Nova Trust

Nova Education Trust Tender for the provision of IT Security and Internet Filtering Platform

Software & IT SystemsCPV 48517000
Value£500k
Deadline28 Sept 2026
Published26 Aug 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 26 Aug 202632 days leftCloses 28 Sept 2026
Who to contact
Sue Perry
admin@wlpconsultancy.cok
01691664234

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Contract value in context
£500ktotal contract value
median £91k
this tender£0£1.1m

This is a large award for Software & IT Systems — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 30,286 valued Software & IT Systems tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

Nova Education Trust is seeking to appoint a single strategic partner to provide a fully integrated IT Security and internet filtering platform across the Trust.

The Trust operates a diverse educational environment comprising primary, secondary and post-16 settings, supporting approximately 12,000 students, 5,000 endpoint devices, over 140 servers and 19 school sites.

The current security environment includes firewall infrastructure, internet filtering, endpoint and server protection, and managed threat detection and response services.

What it takes to bid this

1220 daysof bid-team effort
£8.2k£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Hold at bidCyber Essentials Plus (often mandatory for gov IT)
  • Hold at bidISO 27001 (information security)
  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ec64
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
081247-2026
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