# Managed Security Services for Medicines Discovery Catapult

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [MEDICINES DISCOVERY CATAPULT SERVICES LIMITED](/buyers/medicines-discovery-catapult-services-limited/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Softcat Plc](/contract-winners/softcat/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £195,000
- Tender value: £195,000
- Award date: 24 January 2025
- Published: 8 July 2025
- Contract start: 1 March 2025
- Contract end: 28 February 2028
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 8515546f-69d6-4e24-8ccd-028b8378fd20-853474
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-f06be353-b062-4240-b63c-b1fb2d458a79

## Description

Medicines Discovery Catapult required a managed detection and response and for an effective EDR tool\. The EDR provision was evaluated on the basis of Mean Time to Detect \(MTTD\), ease and speed of deployment within the Windows, Mac and Linux estate, detection capabilities \(as scored by MITRE ATT&CK evaluations\)\. The tender was ran as a competition under the NHS SBS Digital Solutions framework\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8515546f-69d6-4e24-8ccd-028b8378fd20-853474)