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Cyber Resilience - Training for Public Sector Boards

SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT

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Award

04 Oct 2023 at 13:44

Tender

22 Jun 2023 at 14:39

Summary of the contracting process

The Scottish Government has awarded a contract for the provision of "Cyber Resilience - Training for Public Sector Boards" to Frank Rankin. The procurement process, initiated as a tender, involved services under the CPV classification scheme for staff training. This training programme aims to enhance cyber resilience among public boards in Scotland and is crucial for managing cyber risks within organizations. The contract value is £86,200, with a contract signing date of 29th September 2023.

This contract presents an opportunity for businesses in the training services sector to engage with public sector boards in enhancing their cyber resilience capabilities. Companies offering technical training services, particularly those specialising in cyber security, are well-suited to compete in this procurement process. The scope of the contract includes delivering online training sessions and webinars to raise awareness on cyber resilience. By aligning with the Scottish Government's Strategic Framework, successful service providers can contribute to making Scotland a digitally secure and resilient nation.

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Notice Title

Cyber Resilience - Training for Public Sector Boards

Notice Description

Globally organisations and individuals have become reliant on digital technology. Effective cyber security and resilience protect the processes and services we depend on, ensuring we can take advantage of the benefits that technology can bring. An organisation's ability to prevent, respond to and recover from a cyber attack is central to resilience. Cyber resilience is therefore a key risk and consideration for any Board. The Scottish Government's Strategic Framework for a Cyber Resilient Scotland ('the Strategic Framework'), published in February 2021, sets out what we all need to do to make Scotland a digitally secure and resilient nation. Four outcomes underpin this vision, and four action plans set out the detail of how we will achieve these. Responsibility for the implementation of the Strategic Framework lies with the Scottish Government's Cyber Resilience Unit (CRU). The Public Sector Action Plan annexed to the Framework is a priority for the CRU and overarching aim 5 seeks to embed cyber resilience into the governance, policies and processes of public sector bodies. The CRU works in partnership with a wide range of organisations including the UK Government's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). The NCSC supports all areas of society to understand cyber risk from our critical national infrastructure organisations to the general public. More specifically, the NCSC distils its deep knowledge and expertise into practical guidance including a Board Toolkit designed to encourage cyber security discussions between an organisation's Board and its technical experts. In spring 2023, the Scottish Government contracted a short pilot project to adapt the NCSC's Board Toolkit and pilot its delivery with a group of public sector board members drawn from organisations across Scotland. The pilot was successful and feedback was positive. It is on the foundation of this pilot that we are now contracting a scaled-up roll-out of the training programme. We will work with the successful Service Provider to make any further tweaks to the training pack that are recommended in the evaluation report of the training pilot.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The programme aims to grow the capacity of Scotland's public boards to take a leadership role in ensuring the cyber resilience of their organisations. Strategically, it supports Outcome 2 of the Strategic Framework, which is that: Businesses and organisations recognise the cyber risks and are well prepared to manage them. The programme aims to develop the knowledge and skills of board members from across Scotland's c. 190 public boards, with the outcome that boards will have at least one member who has a good understanding of cyber risk, can take on a cyber risk assurance role on the board, and can motivate their board colleagues to take cyber risk seriously at a senior leadership level. It also aims to provide broad awareness raising for any and all board members who wish to gain a basic understanding of the cyber threat landscape and the importance of taking action. These aims will be achieved through two strands of activity, by March 2024: A. Delivery of up to 20 x half-day online training sessions for up to 12 public sector board members at a time (drawn from different boards), that will deliver learning around cyber risk, cyber assurance and pragmatic steps boards can take to further ensure the resilience of their organisations. This delivery to be evaluated at the end of the each delivery session (to implement improvement into the next session) as well as at the end of the programme period. This will include promotion, recruitment of participants, delivery, provision of electronic resources/slides, and evaluation of the session on the day. B. Delivery of 6 x one-hour webinars for any and all board members who are interested to gain broad awareness of cyber resilience. These webinars to be evaluated. This should include promotion, recruitment, delivery and immediate evaluation.

Renewal: An option extension of up to 12 months. The 7 month contract term will have a budget of up to 75000 GBP. The option extension period will have a budget of up to 50000 GBP.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-03dbb9
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/029278-2023
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

80 - Education and training services


CPV Codes

80500000 - Training services

80511000 - Staff training services

80521000 - Training programme services

80522000 - Training seminars

80531000 - Industrial and technical training services

80531200 - Technical training services

80533100 - Computer training services

80600000 - Training services in defence and security materials

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£125,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
£125,000 £100K-£500K
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£86,200 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
4 Oct 20232 years ago
Submission Deadline
1 Aug 2023Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
28 Sep 20232 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

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT
Contact Name
Jonathan Nicolson
Contact Email
jonathan.nicolson@gov.scot
Contact Phone
+44 1412420133

Buyer Location

Locality
GLASGOW
Postcode
G2 8EA
Post Town
Glasgow
Country
Scotland

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM3 West Central Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM32 Glasgow City
Delivery Location
TLM Scotland

Local Authority
Glasgow City
Electoral Ward
Anderston/City/Yorkhill
Westminster Constituency
Glasgow North

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

FRANK RANKIN

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