When is the submission deadline?

Submissions are due October 9, 2026.

It was issued by Bcnet. The work is located in British Columbia, Canada.

Who is a good fit for this opportunity?

Managed security service provider with 24x7x365 SOC operations. Experience supporting government, higher education, or multi-institution environments. Expertise integrating SIEM, EDR, identity, cloud, network, email, and vulnerability telemetry. Established incident triage, escalation, and coordination processes. Ability to provide implementation guidance and transparent pricing models.

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Overview

Cybersecurity & Data Privacy

British Columbia, CanadaPosted: September 10, 2026Deadline: October 9, 2026

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SUMMARY

A British Columbia government authority is gathering information on providers capable of delivering round-the-clock SOC monitoring and incident coordination for higher education institutions. Suppliers should describe supported security data sources, implementation approaches, solution options, and indicative pricing.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

Must provide 24x7x365 SOC monitoring, triage, escalation, and incident coordination
Must support a multi-institution model with strict tenant separation and RBAC
Must support BC public-sector privacy and security due diligence
Must ensure all logs, cases, and configuration data remain exportable to BCNET
Must provide a reference architecture including SIEM, SOAR, and threat intelligence
Must provide at least three relevant customer references for comparable environments

TIMELINE

Open Date: September 9th, 2026

Intent to Bid Due Date: October 9th, 2026

Close Date: October 9th, 2026

Issuing Agency

Bcnet

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DESCRIPTION

A government authority in British Columbia is seeking information from qualified suppliers regarding 24x7x365 security operations center services for higher education institutions. The requested capabilities include continuous security monitoring, alert triage, escalation, and incident coordination.

The authority is seeking information about supported log and telemetry sources, including firewalls, VPN, DNS, DHCP, Active Directory and Entra ID, endpoint and EDR platforms, email security, cloud platforms, SaaS applications, network devices, servers, vulnerability scanners, and identity providers. Responses should address supplier capabilities, available solution options, implementation considerations, and indicative pricing models.

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When is the submission deadline?: Submissions are due October 9, 2026.
Who issued this RFP?: It was issued by Bcnet. The work is located in British Columbia, Canada.
Who is a good fit for this opportunity?: Managed security service provider with 24x7x365 SOC operations
Experience supporting government, higher education, or multi-institution environments
Expertise integrating SIEM, EDR, identity, cloud, network, email, and vulnerability telemetry
Established incident triage, escalation, and coordination processes
Ability to provide implementation guidance and transparent pricing models

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