CO-Managed Security Operations Centre Service

The government authority in Edmonton, Alberta, seeks a vendor to provide a co-managed security operations centre (SOC) service for a two-year contract period. The buyer requires a centralized SOC to support 24x7x365 operations, enhance cybersecurity monitoring and response activities, and deliver specialized expertise. Requested scope items include strengthening 24/7 monitoring, advancing incident response coordination, supporting tooling optimization, enhancing threat detection and use cases, and executing the co-managed operational model. The vendor must also provide mentoring, coaching, quality assurance, playbook and process development, and security screening and system access. Work performance will occur onsite or offsite. Eligibility restricts applicants strictly to Canadian onshore organizations. The buyer states no set budget and is actively looking for proposals. Bidders must submit all questions no later than September 24, 2026. The source provides no further details regarding specific evaluation criteria.