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Looking for UK cyber security contracts to supply? These selected tenders cover a managed Security Operations Centre and a cloud backup and cyber-recovery solution. Compare the service scope, evaluation criteria and response route before deciding which opportunity fits your business.
Sources checked: 5 October 2026. This resource is for suppliers seeking buyer contracts. Both tenders were open in the official sources at this check. The full tender packs and portal clarifications determine detailed technical and participation requirements; use the official links before preparing a response.
| Buyer and scope | Tender response deadline | Important next step |
|---|---|---|
| Luminate Education Group: SOC and managed security services | 20 October 2026, noon BST | Questions reopened until 6 October, noon BST; check final answers planned for 9 October |
| Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council: cloud backup and cyber recovery | 7 October 2026, noon BST | Clarification cutoff has passed; assess the full pack and existing answers promptly |
Luminate Education Group’s T205 is an open-procedure tender for a preferred Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) and Security Operations Centre (SOC). The official notice identifies an ongoing security-service procurement rather than a standalone backup-product purchase.
Term and mobilisation. The estimated initial contract dates are 16 November 2026 to 15 November 2029, with a possible one-year extension to 15 November 2030, subject to approval. Assess whether your team can mobilise for that planned start while maintaining service for existing clients. The extension is optional.
What the buyer scores. Commercial and quality/technical responses each carry 50%. The commercial criterion covers the total cost of the MSSP and SOC over three years plus the extension year. Quality questions address mobilisation, track record, technical delivery, contract management, and analyst and organisational qualifications. Prepare evidence across those areas rather than relying only on a tool catalogue or low price.
Clarification update. In its public 1 October “Clarification Response V2.1”, the buyer says its temporary suspension of further questions has been lifted. The final question cutoff was extended to 6 October 2026 at noon, with answers to final questions planned by 9 October. The portal displays its dates in UTC+01:00, consistent with BST. Read the complete clarification sheet and subsequent responses before finalising technical assumptions and pricing.
Response route. The tender submission deadline is 20 October 2026 at noon BST, through the In-tend Education Portal. Allow time to obtain the pack, complete the requested documents and submit successfully.
Check before bidding: staffing and analyst credentials, required monitoring coverage, mobilisation responsibilities, escalation arrangements, reporting, tools and commercial assumptions. These are questions to resolve against the pack; the public notice does not establish a particular certification, staffing number or service-level target. Do not assume that a preferred technology or existing credential automatically satisfies the procurement.
Read Luminate’s official SOC/MSSP tender notice and the current In-tend tender detail and published clarifications.
Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council seeks a cloud-based enterprise backup and cyber-recovery solution for critical Azure, identity, application and database workloads, plus a small Hyper-V data centre. The notice requires data protection, ransomware resilience and assured recovery aligned with NCSC and UK public-sector cyber best practice, and the Council’s business-continuity and disaster-recovery objectives.
This is a recovery-focused procurement. It should not be treated as interchangeable with Luminate’s SOC/MSSP service. A supplier needs to assess the required workloads, integration and recovery responsibilities, rather than assume that general security monitoring covers the scope.
Value and term. The official notice gives an estimated £192,000 total including VAT, rather than an annual budget. The planned initial term is two years, 1 December 2026 to 30 November 2028, with up to two further one-year extensions, subject to satisfactory performance and continuing business need. The estimated value does not promise revenue or automatic extensions.
Selection and participation. Award criteria are 60% cost and 40% quality. The notice marks the opportunity as suitable for SMEs and VCSEs, but that indication does not waive technical, financial or contractual conditions. Review the pack for actual eligibility, insurance, experience and response requirements.
Dates and access. The response deadline is 7 October 2026 at noon BST. The published clarification cutoff was 30 September at noon BST and has passed. The linked Kent Business Portal page shows the opportunity as open and directs suppliers to its response process. Its public summary does not expose the complete specification or participation thresholds.
Check before bidding: whether you can protect all specified environments, demonstrate recoverability, price licensing and implementation, and support the intended contract period. Confirm recovery testing, data-location conditions, incident responsibilities and handover obligations from the tender documents. These are bid-assessment questions, not additional requirements inferred from the short notice. With the question window closed, use the existing clarification answers and judge whether remaining assumptions can be resolved before submission.
Read the Council’s official cloud backup and cyber-recovery notice and the Kent Business Portal response page.
A go/no-go assessment can help compare delivery fit, response effort and commercial value before committing your bid team.
These are buyer procurements for supplied services and solutions. Individual employment or contractor vacancies have different application and commercial arrangements. Read the buyer’s scope and submission route to identify the opportunity you are assessing.
Tonbridge and Malling explicitly marks its tender as SME-suitable. That is an invitation to assess the pack, rather than proof that every small firm meets the conditions. Luminate’s notice does not establish equivalent suitability or a particular small-firm qualification threshold.
Do not assume it does. The Council’s notice centres on backup, ransomware resilience and assured recovery. Luminate separately procures SOC and MSSP services. The complete specifications define the required boundaries and interfaces.
They are a dated reading of official sources. Check current amendments and portal instructions before responding. After a tender closes, remove it from your active shortlist unless the buyer formally extends or reopens the competition.
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