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DDaT26423 - Infrastructure and Network Monitoring Solution

UK Shared Business Services Ltd · Local or regional public body

In brief

UK Shared Business Services Ltd has announced plans to buy IT and software work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.

The estimated value is £80,000 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 1 year, up to 2 years with extensions, starting 18 December 2026.

The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

Can I win this?

Competition

Typical: a median of 5 bids per contract for IT and software contracts across the UK (from 1288 awards in the last 12 months).

What the notice says

UKSBS currently operates an on-premise infrastructure and network monitoring capability that provides visibility across critical infrastructure, networks, applications and databases. Over time, the technology estate has evolved significantly, with increasing adoption of cloud services, hybrid hosting models, platform services and more complex service dependencies. As a result, the monitoring landscape has become broader and more diverse, requiring a monitoring capability that can provide consistent visibility across traditional infrastructure as well as modern cloud environments including Azure, AWS and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Through this notice we are looking for engagement with the…Read the full description
UKSBS currently operates an on-premise infrastructure and network monitoring capability that provides visibility across critical infrastructure, networks, applications and databases. Over time, the technology estate has evolved significantly, with increasing adoption of cloud services, hybrid hosting models, platform services and more complex service dependencies. As a result, the monitoring landscape has become broader and more diverse, requiring a monitoring capability that can provide consistent visibility across traditional infrastructure as well as modern cloud environments including Azure, AWS and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Through this notice we are looking for engagement with the market and feedback and what is available in general along with any elements of innovation that may need to be considered. As part of this information gathering exercise, we have developed a series of questions to ascertain the capability, the capacity and the appetite of the current market and would welcome your responses. Please see below link which will take you to a form with a list of pre market engagement questions. If you could please provide feedback by 14:00pm 29th September 2026 to express your interest. https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/ndgEtb1bEt To access the End User's Requirements Specification which is the current version of the specification which will provide further details on the requirement please contact ddatprocurement@uksbs.co.uk, referencing DDaT26423 - Infrastructure and Network Monitoring Solution . Please note that the route to market is undecided at this moment in time. It is hoped that through this pre market engagement this will help inform this.

How to bid

  1. Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
  2. Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
  3. Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.

Timeline

  1. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 087548-2026

About the buyer

Procurements

14

Awards

8

Suppliers it has used most for IT and software

  1. SIEM/SOAR Solution for Jisc Security Operations Centre

    JiscUK-wideIT services and software

    Closing soon7 hours leftExpress interest

    £9.25mestimated
  2. Google Products & Services Reseller Framework Agreement

    Digital Health & Care WalesWalesIT services and software, Telecoms and networks

    Closing soon7 hours leftSuitable for SMEsFramework

    £15mframework ceiling
  3. The Provision of Access to Media Monitoring Services

    Cabinet OfficeUK-wideIT services and software

    Closing soon7 hours leftSuitable for SMEsSmall contract

    £40kestimated
  4. King's Trust DBS and Vetting Services

    The King's TrustUK-wideFinancial services and insurance, IT services and software

    Closing soon7 hours leftSuitable for SMEsSmall contract

    £65kestimated
  5. Furze Down School - Managed IT Services Provision

    Furze Down SchoolUK-wideIT services and software

    Closing soon7 hours leftSuitable for SMEs

    £400kestimated

From notice 087548-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 16 September 2026. We last checked for changes on 27 September 2026.