CA18385 - Nova Education Trust Tender for the provision of IT Security and Internet Filtering Platform
This tender closed on 28 September 2026.
- Buyer
- Nova Trust
- Value
- £500,000
- Closed
- 28 September 2026
- Where
- Nottingham, the East Midlands
- Type
- Open tender
In plain English
Nova Education Trust (an NHS-linked organisation running 19 schools with about 12,000 students) needs a single IT security company to provide and manage all their firewalls, internet filtering, antivirus, and threat detection across 5,000 devices and over 140 servers. This is a £500,000 contract for a strategic IT security partnership.
What the buyer wants
• Supply and manage a fully integrated IT security platform covering firewalls, internet filtering, endpoint protection, server protection, and managed threat detection • Support a large, diverse educational environment across 19 primary, secondary and post-16 school sites • Manage security for approximately 5,000 endpoint devices and over 140 servers
Requirements
What could rule a small business out: This contract requires a large, nationally-recognised IT security vendor with proven experience managing complex multi-site educational environments, managed services capability, and significant financial backing. Most small independent IT firms will lack the scale, certifications, and capacity to bid competitively.
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