AwardedAwarded 24 March 2026

MDE Deployment

Plymouth City Council · Local authority

In brief

Plymouth City Council awarded IT and software work to Delt Shared Services Limited on 24 March 2026.

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What the notice says

PCC require improved tooling and support to strengthen their cyber defences. PCC invested in the E5 licensing suite of tools in order to increase their effectiveness in this area which included Microsoft's XDR solution.E5 includes Microsoft Defender for Endpoint which includes all endpoint devices, however Servers fall under the Defender for Servers product. This is the delivery phase of the project. This is a key part of the project lifecycle, and sets the foundation for successful delivery through the following activities: Complete a technical design for the whole of Microsoft XDR. To include • Microsoft Defender for Endpoint • Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps • Microsoft Defender for office 365 For the delivery of Microsoft for Endpoint specifically: • ARC onboard all servers • Review the current MDE configured options vs those in SCCM • Convert GPO to SCCM Configuration Items (AV, ASR, EDR) • Package Defender and Enrol/Onboard servers and client devices • Implement new onboarding process • Remove Cynet • Team training and documentation for support and acceptance into operations • Operational readiness and support processes

Who won

WinnerValueDates
Delt Shared Services Limited (SME)£68,637
24 March 2026 to 1 July 2026

Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.

Timeline

  1. Contract details notice · UK7, notice 026757-2026

About the buyer

Plymouth City CouncilLast 12 months

Procurements

95

Awards

74

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From notice 026757-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 24 March 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.