Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-01-27
Buyer: Scottish Water
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
CPV classification: 72600000
Estimated value: 7000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-02-26
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: SW requires a partner to provide a managed security service for its Information Technology related infrastructure and systems. Annual value is estimated at 0.5 to 1.0 million pounds sterling.
Procurement of a partner to provide a managed security service with a focus on threat detection and response but also to leverage threat intelligence and advanced analytics capabilities that are on offer from the marketplace to not only address advanced detection, but also support automation and orchestration of incident response activities to compliment many of the tools and investments we have in place today.
Scottish Water is looking to procure a more hybrid service delivery model associated with our security services, a blend of both traditional managed detection and response services (MDR) and managed security services (MSS). A model that improves threat detection, incident response, continuous-monitoring capabilities, and management of our security posture.
The service includes automating and systemising activities making use of technologies we have, providing assurance and operating to our ISO27001 certified scope, whilst offering risk reduction knowledge and experience, training and awareness, delivering a positive impact to our end-users and working hand in hand with the accountable Scottish Water security management function.
Applicants will be expected to be of sufficient financial and economic standing to support the anticipated contract value. All applicants must complete the financial questions within the pre-qualification questionnaire and tender documents. Financial standing relevant to the anticipated contract value will be determined by Scottish Water based on the response to the pre-qualification questionnaire and any further financial checks deemed necessary.
As a minimum financial standard to progress through the selection stage, bidders must be able to demonstrate that:
2.They are a subsidiary of a parent organisation that has a balance sheet with a net asset value of at least 10 000 000,00 GBP that will sign a Parent Company Guarantee with SW.
Scottish Water reserves the right to require deposits, guarantees, bonds or other forms of appropriate security.
All prices quoted shall be in Sterling (UK) and all payments shall be made in Sterling (UK). Payment shall be made on the basis of completed services in accordance with the agreed contract rates, schedules and conditions of the contract'.
In the event of a group of companies submitting an accepted offer, it will be necessary for each member of the group to sign an undertaking that each company in the group will be jointly and severally liable for the satisfactory performance of the contract.
The buyer is using PCS-Tender to carry out this procurement. Please note this is a separate website and if you are not registered, you must register via https://www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk
Scottish Water will not accept the ESPD. We will only accept a completed Scottish Water PQQ document.
This Notice does not preclude Scottish Water from issuing other notices for specific requirements. Responses to the OJEU Notice will be evaluated and only successful applicants following PQQ evaluation will be invited to submit a tender. Scottish Water reserves the right to divide the scope of the contract into lots at tender and contract award stages as it deems appropriate. Applicants who fail to supply all of the information requested in response to this Notice or any resulting tender exercise may risk elimination.
The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this PQQ exercise. The Project code is 10093. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343


Award value: 7000000