01 Procurement
Tender overview
- Buyer
- Belfast Metropolitan College
- Status
- Complete
- Procurement method
- Open procedure
- Category
- services
- CPV classification
- Not supplied
- Tender period
- Not supplied — 19 January 2026
Description
Belfast Metropolitan College provides Further and Higher Education and vocational training to a student population in excess of 30,000 students. The College employs approximately 1000 plus staff comprising approximately 300 full-time teaching staff and 200 part-time teaching staff supported by approximately 500 non-teaching support staff. BMC's annual turnover is in excess of £55m. The current contract for an IT Security Partner is due to expire, and the college is acutely aware of the danger of cyber-attacks across the globe and requires the appointment of a security partner to fill the IT Security Partner role. The other NI-based FE colleges (Northern Regional College, Southern Regional College, South-Eastern Regional College, North-Western Regional College, South-Western Regional College) have also expressed interest in availing of the services of the IT Security partner. Suppliers should refer to the Specification Schedule for full detail on the deliverables of this contract.
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02 Awards and contracts
Published award records
ID 5828520 DfE - FE BMC - IT Security services
- Awarded
- 30 March 2026
- Award value
- £500,000
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- 14 April 2026
03 Organisations
Buyers, suppliers and other parties
Belfast Metropolitan College
7 Queens Road, Belfast, UKN06, BT3 9DT, United Kingdom
GB-PPON PPTX-8572-NYCVNorthern Regional College
40 Farm Lodge Avenue, Ballymena, UKN0F, BT43 7DF, United Kingdom
GB-PPON PCDC-7356-WJNZNorthwest Regional College (NWRC)
78-80 Strand Road, Derry, UKN0A, BT48 7AL, United Kingdom
GB-PPON PRHT-9325-BBHZSoutheastern Regional College (SERC)
Castle Street, Lisburn, UKN0E, BT27 4SU, United Kingdom
GB-PPON PYHR-1413-WQYXSouthern Regional College
Lisnally Building, Armagh, UKN07, BT61 7HF, United Kingdom
GB-PPON PBTJ-5492-VBGWSouthwest College (SWC)
Burn Road, Cookstown, UKN0B, BT80 8DN, United Kingdom
GB-PPON PJNR-3745-PPBVCPD - Supplies and Services Division
Clare House 303 Airport Road West, Belfast, UKN06, BT3 9ED, United Kingdom
GB-PPON PVWG-8426-YWXVVM Forensics Limited
Flurry Bridge Business Park, Lower Foughill Road, Newry, UKN08, BT35 8SQ, United Kingdom
GB-PPON PHYG-9937-VJCHCompanies House links appear only for explicit GB-COH identifiers. BritDB does not create company links from a similar name or address.
04 Provenance
Source for this process
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