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Identity Attestation Verification

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

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13 Aug 2025 at 11:14

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
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06 Jun 2025 at 15:13

UK5 - Transparency Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Ministry of Defence, based in Corsham, United Kingdom, has awarded a contract for "Identity Attestation Verification" under the direct procurement method. This contract, identified by OCID "ocds-h6vhtk-0544bc," falls under the defence and security sector and involves IT software development services. The contract was awarded to Hippo Digital, a small to medium enterprise headquartered in Leeds, on 13th August 2025. This procurement focuses on the delivery of identity verification solutions for the Digital Identity for Defence Programme. The contract's performance commenced on 13th August 2025 and is scheduled to conclude on 25th August 2025.

Businesses specialising in IT software development and consultancy, particularly those experienced with identity management solutions, can find significant growth opportunities through such contracts. The procurement, which highlights the critical nature of digital identity validation within the defence sector, represents a valuable opportunity for companies that can offer scalable and secure identity management solutions. Small to medium enterprises like Hippo Digital, with a focus on specialised software services, are particularly well-suited to compete in this area due to their agility and expertise in providing tailored solutions for complex digital identity challenges faced by large public authorities such as the Ministry of Defence.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Identity Attestation Verification

Notice Description

5.1 The Supplier will come under the overall direction of the Digital Identity Programme Delivery Lead for Foundations and Data and they will report to the appointed Delivery Manager who will oversee delivery of the contracted deliverables. 5.2 The Supplier will carry out a detailed assessment of the discovery of the existing processes of user identity validation/verification and entitlement attestation processes and procedures and define the next steps that presents technical solution options for circa 20k SECRET users (Who can be based overseas), which is also scalable to other users like OFFCIAL in the future. 5.3 The Supplier will carry out detailed business analysis and design of user identity validation/verification and entitlement attestation processes and procedures and outline the required embedding of such process that supports each of the defined options that is presented to the Digital Identity for Defence Programme. 5.4 The end-to-end processes and procedures that are in scope for handling and processing the authority's identity information include but not limited to: * Creating new identities (including verification / provenance / attestation) * Managing existing identities (whole life management including data updates) * Retiring old identities (and reinstating where needed) * Processes for working with identities internally * Processes for working with identities to/from business and operational partners * processes for reviewing / auditing / reporting on identity activity and data changes 5.5 These processes will have (usually minor) variations depending on the identity: * Military (current, reservists, cadets and veterans) * Civilians in the Military (e.g. Royal Fleet Auxiliary) * Guests from other warfighting partners who use MOD IT services * Departmental Civil Servants * Non-MOD employees (Contractors) * Civil servants and others from other government departments (OGDs) who use MOD IT services (e.g. MOD police) * Departmental partners, which range from supplier-selected teams from major supplier organisations to individually contracted staff * Deployed users * Other defence-related staff who use MOD IT services 5.6 The processes under development need to operate at scale, with a (nominal) 250k identities that we would consider to be the active core defence community, and of the order of 1000 changes (joiners/movers/leavers) a week. 5.7 Each defined option must be analysed holistically to ensure (if accepted/approved) can be implemented with immediate effect. UK06 update - This notice has been completed retrospectivley and thereffore in order to publihs the dates in the Contract section are not accurate. please see the following accurate dates for this Contract: Award date - 30/06/2025 Start date - 01/07/2025 End date - 25/08/2025

Procurement Information

Cristical investigation which follows on from work completed by the supplier on a previous Contract.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0544bc
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/048373-2025
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

CPV Codes

72212517 - IT software development services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£11,000 Under £100K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
13 Aug 20256 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
6 Jun 20258 months ago
Contract Period
12 Aug 2025 - 25 Aug 2025 30 days
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
samuel.jarman105@mod.gov.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
CORSHAM
Postcode
SN13 9NR
Post Town
Swindon
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLK South West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLK72 Wiltshire
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Wiltshire
Electoral Ward
Corsham Ladbrook
Westminster Constituency
Chippenham

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

HIPPO DIGITAL

Further Information

Notice Documents

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