Estimated Value
Up to £499,875
Deadline
Not specified
Published
27 April 2026
Type
services
Overview
This is a services Contract for a Managed Cyber Security Operations Centre to cover some of the additional cybersecurity protection required to further harden the Tower Hamlets estate against cyber-attacks.
Key points
- Initial health assessment and configuration of the Council’s in-house Security Event and Incident Management (SIEM) solution (Microsoft Sentinel).
- Secure log collection from both on-premises and cloud systems, with logs transmitted to an externally hosted intelligence platform for advanced threat analysis.
- Adaptable detection policies, leveraging automated intelligence, supplier expertise, and council-provided threat intelligence.
- Support for log ingestion from a wide range of infrastructure components, including Windows and Linux servers, firewalls, routers, Azure Active Directory, Microsoft Defender, and Office 365.
- No disruption to business operations during implementation.
- 24x7x365 managed SOC service with incident response capabilities and access to subject matter experts.
- Endpoint detection and response (EDR / XDR)
- Incident detection, analysis, response and escalation.
- Threat intelligence and threat hunting.
- Monthly executive risk reporting and KPIs.
- Ongoing threat detection and investigation support, drawing on previous incident data.
- Secure portal access for council staff to incident and management information, with all operational data and SOC personnel based in the UK and cleared to BPSS as a minimum.
- Demonstrated security accreditations.
- Full onboarding, deployment, and initial tuning of the solution, with clear cost breakdowns for setup.
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Award Details
MTI Technology Limited
£499,875
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Tower HamletsKey Dates
Published
27 April 2026
Submission deadline
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Notice type
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