Stale Pre-tender

Soft Market Testing for Managed XDR Service

Details

Topic
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Published
12 October 2026
Submission
28 October 2026

Tender description

Bristol City Council is conducting a soft market test exercise to assess the marketplace and identify a suitable supplier capable of delivering a Managed Extended Detection and Response (XDR) service, including Security Operations Centre (SOC) capabilities, across the Council's infrastructure, cloud services, networks, and end-user devices. In order to access the Soft market testing documents,, please register your interest on ProContract. https://procontract.due-north.com/Login

Timeline

  1. Completed: Pre-tender published12 October 2026
    Current notice

About the buyer

Bristol City Council is a local authority that runs its own Procurement and Contract Management Service. Adult social care is commissioned by the Adult Care Commissioning team, largely through a single commissioning framework.

A commercial pipeline gives a forward look at anticipated outsourcing over the next twelve months.

Over the past 5 years, most of Bristol City Council's contract awards have been in health and social work, construction work and architectural and engineering services.

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Decision makers

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