Official UK procurement notice
SONI095 Managed Service - Security Operations Centre
Authority: SONI Ltd (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSONI intends to procure a single Supplier to deliver the SOC (Managed Service - Security Operations Centre) Services, as one tier of a multi-tiered security environment, operating fully within SONI owned tooling and SIEM for the provision of the managed SOC. Detailed service, architecture, tooling, telemetry, integration, governance, performance and contractual requirements will be provided at tender stage under NDA.
Following completion of this PSQ stage, up to 3 suitably qualified Candidates will be shortlisted and invited to participate in the tender stage. The tender process will result in the selection and appointment of a single Supplier who will be responsible for delivering the Services for the duration of the contract.
- How the procedure runs: Refer to PSQ
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
How this framework works
From the published notice- Type
- Closed framework
- Call-offs
- every call-off is a further competition among the appointed suppliers
- Places
- up to 1 suppliers
- Framework period
- 5 yrs · up to 8 yrs from 1 Mar 2027
- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
- N/A
Published description of the framework
Refer to PSQ
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£17,600,000
- Economic & financial standing
Refer to PSQ
- Technical & professional ability
Refer to PSQ
- Condition of participationshortlisting
Refer to PSQ
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Candidate Capacity: 35%
- Previous Experience: 65%
Published award criteria (2)
- Candidate Capacity: Candidates must demonstrate that they have access to sufficient, suitably qualified personnel and a credible delivery model to successfully deliver a contract of this nature, in line with the Scope of Requirements. The Candidate Capacity criterion (35%) will be evaluated in two parts: • Sections 7.1 and 7.2 – Quantitative Assessment (40% of the Candidate Capacity Score) • Section 7.3 – Resourcing Approach Narrative (60% of the Candidate Capacity Score) Each part will be scored on a 0-5 basis and combined in the proportions above to produce an overall Candidate Capacity Score.
- Previous Experience: Candidates must complete the Previous Experience Questionnaire. Candidates are required to demonstrate that they have sufficient recent
- Economic & financial standing
Refer to PSQ
- Technical & professional ability
Refer to PSQ
- Condition of participationshortlisting
Refer to PSQ
- “SONI095 Managed Service - Security Operations Centre” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 suppliers, not a single contract: each call-off is a further competition, so the pricing contest starts after appointment.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How SONI Ltd buys IT services: consulting, software, internet (CPV 72), and who usually turns up
SONI Ltd has little published record in this market. Compared with other frameworks and DPS only. Whole-market view: IT services: consulting, software, internet (CPV 72) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
No small-firm winners recorded among this authority’s published awards in this sample.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
No winner locations published for this authority. Local means a registered address in the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards have an award date within 111 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Awards are recorded, but published direct routes and bid counts do not establish this buyer’s share.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid9%
2–322%
4–630%
7+41%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS: the price is set later, on each call-off.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 72Published estimate£18m
This lot lists more than one class in CPV 72. The comparison uses that group.
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 200 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid9%
2–322%
4–630%
7+41%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open admission
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 27 Oct 2026, 14:32 GMT
- Last source update
- 27 Oct 2026, 14:32 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 1 Mar 2027
- Authority reference
SONI095- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-101615- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-079161Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
Refer to PSQ
- How it runs
Refer to PSQ
- Risks
Refer to PSQ
How to participate & submission route
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 30 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Appointment period ends
- 30 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 16 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
- call-off levy · N/A
Timeline
27 Oct 2026 → 1 Mar 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice published3h ago27 Oct 2026, 14:32 GMT
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Clarification questions byin 19 days16 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Admission / appointment period endsin 33 days · period end, not a bid countdown30 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Contract startsin 124 days1 Mar 2027
- Award decision expected byin 125 days1 Mar 2027, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published27 Oct 2026, 14:32 GMTUK4
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specifications Information Memorandum and Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ)
- Bidding documents and specificationsAccess: Answers to Clarification questions.
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender