Notice Information
Notice Title
ITHC, Penetration Testing and Associated Services Contract 2
Notice Description
Contract awarded for the provision of IT Health Checks, Penetration Testing and Associated Services. This is one of three contracts awarded by the Authority for these services, under the Crown Commercial Services' RM3764.3 DPS.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Call-off from RM3764.3 Cyber Security Services 3 Dynamic Purchasing System. The Authority has awarded three contracts, to three CHECK qualified Suppliers for cyber security assurance services.
Procurement Information
FTS Pipeline Notice: 2024/S 000-034110<br/>Call off from RM3764.3 Cyber Security Services 3 Dynamic Purchasing System
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04b008
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015796-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning 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
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Large, SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
-
- CPV Codes
72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
72222300 - Information technology services
72254000 - Software testing
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £4,500,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £3,375,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 17 Apr 20257 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 19 Mar 20258 months ago
- Contract Period
- 7 Mar 2025 - 6 Mar 2028 3-4 years
- 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 OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Sara Bevan, Sara Bevan - DgC
- Contact Email
- sara.bevan@defra.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- 07468766045
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BRISTOL
- Postcode
- BS1 5AH
- Post Town
- Bristol
- Country
- England
-
- 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
- TLI32 Westminster
-
- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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