Durham County Council awards Tenable.io vulnerability management to Softcat PLC

Tender information last checkedLast checked 14 Oct 2026, 12:36.

Opportunity overview

Tenable.IO is a cloud-based cyber security vulnerability assessment tool that provides an accurate risk-based assessment of all Windows endpoints which are susceptible to cyber related vulnerabilities and misconfigurations.

Awarded to

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Softcat plc

Matched by number

Published award value: £77.5k
Awarded: 1 Oct 2026
Award ID: ocds-b5fd17-315def7a-3ae0-4718-b448-3b4d86482b0f-1
Status: active
Identifier: GB-COH 02174990

Classification

CPV72000000 — IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Documents and notices

Awarded contract notice on Contracts FinderOpen source ↗

Published notice details

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Scope, procedure and submissions

Id: OPEN20261901
Status: complete
Procurement Method: selective
Procurement Method Details: Call-off from a framework agreement
Main Procurement Category: services

Classification

Scheme: CPV
Id: 72000000
Description: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Tender Period

Ends: 31 Oct 2025, 10:00

Contract period

Starts: 18 Nov 2026, 00:00
Ends: 17 Nov 2027, 23:59

Suitability

Sme: Yes
Vcse: No

Items and delivery

Item 1

Id: 1

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: North East
Country Name: United Kingdom

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1

Id: GB-LAE-DUR
Name: Durham County Council

Identifier

Legal Name: Durham County Council
Scheme: GB-LAE
Id: DUR

Address

Street Address: County Hall
Locality: DURHAM
Postal Code: DH15UQ
Country Name: England

Contact

Name: Ethan Bowman
Email: Ethan.Bowman@durham.gov.uk
Telephone: 00000

Roles

buyer

Organisation 2

Id: GB-COH-02174990
Name: Softcat plc

Identifier

Legal Name: Softcat plc
Scheme: GB-COH
Id: 02174990

Address

Street Address: Solar House, Fieldhouse Lane, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom, SL7 1LW

Details

Scale: sme
Vcse: No

Roles

supplier

Award information

Award 1

Id: ocds-b5fd17-315def7a-3ae0-4718-b448-3b4d86482b0f-1
Status: active
Date: 2 Oct 2026, 00:00
Published: 14 Oct 2026, 11:23

Value

Amount: 77,459.88
Currency: GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-COH-02174990
Name: Softcat plc

Contract period

Starts: 18 Nov 2026, 00:00
Ends: 17 Nov 2027, 23:59

Documents

Entry 1

Id: 1
Document Type: awardNotice
Description: Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
Url: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7dead212-9f94-42f0-b0d4-0cccff828bc9 ↗
Published: 14 Oct 2026, 11:23
Format: text/html
Language: en

Recorded locations

Buyer location · DURHAM · DH15UQ · England
Delivery location · North East · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION

7dead212-9f94-42f0-b0d4-0cccff828bc9-917798Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder · 14 Oct 2026, 11:23

PROCURAAXIS AWARD ANALYSIS

Award outcome intelligence

Evidence-bound analysis of the published award appears below the official tender and award information.

ANALYSIS PREVIEW

Award intelligence at a glance

Durham County Council awarded Softcat PLC a £77,459.88 call-off for Standard Tenable.io Vulnerability Management. The published record describes a cloud-based vulnerability assessment tool for Windows endpoints.

Published outcome signals

Published notice typeAwarded contract notice on Contracts FinderEvidence: Process notice type and award document description.
Award statusActiveEvidence: Award status is "active".
Award decision date2 October 2026Evidence: Award date: 2026-10-02T00:00:00+01:00.

96% approved-analysis confidence1 supplier record analysed4 source limitations

SOURCE AND FRESHNESS

Traceable procurement data

Source: Contracts Finder
Notice reference: 7dead212-9f94-42f0-b0d4-0cccff828bc9-917798
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-315def7a-3ae0-4718-b448-3b4d86482b0f
First published: 14 Oct 2026
Last checked: 14 Oct 2026, 12:36
Notice versions reviewed: 1

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HOW THIS WAS PREPARED

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

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Analysis status: Approved for publication
Analysed: 14 Oct 2026

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AWARD OUTCOME

What happened

Published outcome

One active award was published to Softcat PLC on 14 October 2026. The award decision date is 2 October 2026; the stated contract period is 18 November 2026 to 17 November 2027.

Market significance

This is a modest-value public-sector cyber-security and IT-services call-off, procured through a framework agreement.

AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS

1 supplier record analysed

SOFTCAT PLC

99% confidence

Award ocds-b5fd17-315def7a-3ae0-4718-b448-3b4d86482b0f-1 · £77,459.88 GBP · verified; awarded supplier

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Award names Softcat plc as supplier. Verified company name: SOFTCAT PLC; company number 02174990 matched by company number.

LIFECYCLE

Award or contract stage

Published notice type

99% confidence

Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

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Process notice type and award document description.

Award status

98% confidence

Active

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Award status is "active".

Award decision date

98% confidence

2 October 2026

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Award date: 2026-10-02T00:00:00+01:00.

Notice publication date

99% confidence

14 October 2026

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Award notice datePublished: 2026-10-14T11:23:17+01:00.

Stated contract period

98% confidence

18 November 2026 to 17 November 2027

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Award and tender contractPeriod fields.

VALUES

Published values explained

Award value

99% confidence

£77,459.88

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The single active award value is 77459.88 GBP.

Value allocation

95% confidence

Award-level value for the sole named supplier

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One award lists one supplier, SOFTCAT PLC; no lots are published.

TIMELINE

Procurement timeline

Tender submission deadline

98% confidence

31 October 2025, 10:00 UTC

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Tender period endDate: 2025-10-31T10:00:00Z.

Award decision

98% confidence

2 October 2026

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Award date field.

Award notice published

99% confidence

14 October 2026

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Award notice publication timestamp.

Stated start date

98% confidence

18 November 2026

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Contract period startDate.

Stated end date

98% confidence

17 November 2027

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Contract period endDate.

SCOPE

What was awarded

Requirement

99% confidence

Standard Tenable.io Vulnerability Management

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Process title.

Service description

98% confidence

Cloud-based cyber-security vulnerability assessment for Windows endpoints, covering vulnerabilities and misconfigurations.

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Published process description.

Primary classification

99% confidence

CPV 72000000 — IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

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Tender classification.

Delivery area

95% confidence

North East, United Kingdom

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Tender item delivery address region.

PROCEDURE

Procedure and competition

Procurement method

99% confidence

Selective

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Tender procurementMethod field.

Procedure detail

99% confidence

Call-off from a framework agreement

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Tender procurementMethodDetails field.

SME suitability flag

95% confidence

Yes

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Tender suitability.sme is true.

CONTRACT TERMS

Published contract terms

Stated duration

98% confidence

Approximately 12 months

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Contract period runs from 18 November 2026 to 17 November 2027.

Renewal or extension terms

99% confidence

Unknown

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Information not supplied in the published notice.

COMMERCIAL VIEW

Commercial observations

Commercial route

99% confidence

Framework call-off

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Published procurement method details state "Call-off from a framework agreement".

Technology focus

97% confidence

Vulnerability management for Windows endpoints

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Published description refers to Tenable.io risk-based assessment of Windows endpoints for vulnerabilities and misconfigurations.

ANALYSIS QUALITY

96%overall confidence

Confidence reflects the completeness and consistency of the published award data.

Reference: ocds-b5fd17-315def7a-3ae0-4718-b448-3b4d86482b0f
Analysed: 14 Oct 2026

APPROVED AWARD ANALYSIS

BUYER CONTEXT

Buyer context

Buyer

99% confidence

Durham County Council

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Buyer party and process buyer_name.

Buyer location

95% confidence

Durham, England

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Buyer address lists DURHAM, England.

SUPPLIER CONTEXT

Supplier context

Supplier legal identity

99% confidence

SOFTCAT PLC (company number 02174990)

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Verified company name and number matched by company number; source party identifies Softcat plc.

Supplier status in verification data

98% confidence

Active

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Supplier verification record lists verifiedCompanyStatus as Active.

RENEWAL OUTLOOK

Renewal outlook

Estimated reprocurement point

80% confidence

Around November 2027, if the requirement is renewed after the stated end date

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The published contract end date is 17 November 2027. This is a date-based estimate, not a procurement forecast.

DATA QUALITY

Gaps and source limitations

Award and supplier traceability

97% confidence

High

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A single active award identifies one supplier, a value, award date, and contract period; the supplier identity is verified by company number.

Competition and evaluation transparency

99% confidence

Information not supplied in the published notice.

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No bidder count, participant names, scores, award rationale, or pricing evaluation is provided.

Lot and pricing detail

99% confidence

Information not supplied in the published notice.

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No lots, line items, pricing breakdown, or unit rates are published.

SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS

Information not supplied in the published notice

The published award notice does not explicitly state that a contract has been signed; the analysis reports an award and stated contract period only.
No bid count, competing suppliers, evaluation scores, award rationale, framework name, or savings information is published.
No renewal, extension, termination, service-level, licence-volume, or pricing-breakdown terms are supplied.
No lot structure or individual line-item allocation is published.

MARKET THEMES

Relevant award themes

COMMON QUESTIONS

About this award

Who won Durham County Council's Tenable.io Vulnerability Management award?

SOFTCAT PLC, verified under company number 02174990, is the sole named supplier on the published award.

What is the published value of the award?

The award value is £77,459.88.

When does the stated contract period run?

The published period is 18 November 2026 to 17 November 2027.

How was the requirement procured?

The notice describes a selective framework call-off.

ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.

3985 - Standard Tenable.io Vulnerability Management

Opportunity overview

Awarded to

Softcat plc

Classification

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Scope, procedure and submissions

Classification

Tender Period

Contract period

Suitability

Items and delivery

Delivery locations

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Identifier

Address

Contact

Roles

Identifier

Address

Details

Roles

Award information

Value

Suppliers

Contract period

Documents

Recorded locations

Notice and amendment history

Award intelligence at a glance

Published outcome signals

Traceable procurement data

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

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