Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- South Western Railway Limited · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Kroll Associated LTD
- Value
- £1,221,192.50
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Virus protection software package (CPV 48760000)
- Region
- North East
- Official notice
- 057802-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date18 Jun 2026
- Published18 Jun 2026Published the same day
Description
SWRL currently receives a number of cyber security services from Kroll, the current position is that prior to SWR's transition to public ownership, cyber security services were provided under FirstGroup's Master Services Agreement (MSA), with individual services operating as call-off arrangements beneath that overarching contractual structure. As SWR is now a separate legal entity operating independently of FirstGroup, the inherited arrangements must be replaced with SWR-owned contractual mechanisms as the existing agreements expire. This creates the need to establish a compliant contractual structure whilst maintaining continuity of critical cyber security services. The current cyber security solution comprises four interdependent service components: • SOC/SIEM Service • Network Detection and Response (NDR) • CrowdStrike Endpoint Protection • Cyber Risk Retainer Services
About the supplier
Kroll Associated LTD: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02020412).