Notice Information
Notice Title
Risk Protection Arrangement Cyber Risk Pilot
Notice Description
Further to the F15: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice published on the 2nd February 2021 DfE has awarded a one-year contract to The IASME Consortium Ltd (IASME) to deliver a Cyber Essentials Certification pilot. The contract commenced on 29th March 2021 and is due to run until 31st March 2022.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The contract will focus on the delivery of the Cyber Essentials Certification in a limited 1-year pilot for up to 500 Risk Protection Arrangement (RPA) members' networks and will include enhanced insurance cover for those members achieving accreditation.
Procurement Information
The DfE proposes to award a contract to The IASME Consortium Ltd (IASME) for the supply of the Cyber Essentials Certification as part of the 1-year Risk Protection Arrangement Cyber Risk Pilot. The DfE believes that there is no other organisation in the market that can satisfy the technical requirements of the contract to award the Cyber Essentials Certification. With effect from 1 April 2020 and following a competitive procurement process, IASME were appointed as the sole body able to award Cyber Essentials Certification, the only government-backed quality assured standard, on behalf of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). It is understood that there is no equivalent certification to the Cyber Essentials scheme available on the market that meets the standards and controls that the NCSC dictates. It is therefore believed that there is not a market to deliver Cyber Essentials, in that there is only one Cyber Essentials Partner (IASME) that can deliver the scheme and to fit the standards required by the NCSC. The RPA seeks to align to the NCSC assured and established standard, as the subject matter experts within Government to ensure a quality standard for RPA members. As a result, the DfE believes that Public Contracts Regulations 2015, Regulation 32(2) applies. Regulation 32(2) states: "The negotiated procedures without prior publication may be used for public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts in any of the following cases:- (b) where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator for any of the following reasons:- (ii) competition is absent for technical reasons..." The DfE is committed to the continued analysis of the longer-term need of Risk Protection Arrangement members and will continue to assess the market after this time-limited pilot. If it is determined via this analysis that an equivalent certification to meet member needs is available and that the DfE intends to continue supporting Risk Protection Arrangement Members in this way, then any further contract will be competed in line with the Public Contract Regulations 2015. This project is to deliver a short, limited pilot that is not expected to have a long-term impact on the market.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-028f8f
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/008684-2021
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
66 - Financial and insurance services
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
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- CPV Codes
66517300 - Risk management insurance services
72810000 - Computer audit services
80531200 - Technical training services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £561,649 £500K-£1M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 22 Apr 20215 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 25 Jan 20215 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- Department for Education
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1P 3BT
- Postcode Area
- South West London
- Country
- England
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- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI35 Westminster and City of London
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
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- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
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