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Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

Crown Prosecution Service

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17 Sep 2026 at 16:20

UK5 - Transparency Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Crown Prosecution Service commissioned business continuity and disaster recovery consultancy services. The work covers Gold and Silver response plans and preparedness for a national outage, including training and testing. It also covers developing, training and testing headquarters and Area response plans for national outages; creating playbooks and response plans for five key scenarios, including ransomware, a national case management system outage, a national power outage and a pandemic; and transferring knowledge to the CPS’s in-house Business Continuity Team. The procurement is classified as business analysis consultancy services. Delivery is for the Crown Prosecution Service, based in London, with the requirement applying across its national operations.

The procurement is complete and was awarded as a single lot through a direct award under a framework’s single-supplier route to market. The award was recorded on 17 September 2026. Its value is £415,500 excluding VAT, or £498,600 including VAT. The awarded service period runs from 5 October 2026 to 4 March 2027, with a possible extension to 4 September 2027; the award includes a six-month renewal option. The evaluation basis is the compliant framework route rather than a new competitive tender. The procurement was treated as above-threshold and falls under the light-touch regime. The award status is pending, with contract signature scheduled for 2 October 2026.

This requirement is relevant to specialist continuity, resilience and disaster recovery consultancies able to advise a national public-sector organisation. Credible competitors would need practical experience designing and operating outage response arrangements, including tiered Gold and Silver command structures, headquarters and geographically distributed Area plans, scenario-based playbooks and preparedness for cyber attacks, technology failure, power loss and pandemics. The work also requires capability to deliver structured training and exercises, test plans under realistic conditions, and turn lessons into improved procedures. Suppliers should be able to transfer knowledge effectively to an internal continuity team, combining consultancy, facilitation, documentation and skills development rather than offering a standalone report.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

Notice Description

* Gold/ Silver response plans and preparedness for a national outage, including training and testing. * Development, training and testing for HAO's and Area response plans for national outages * Develop playbooks and response plans against 5 key scenarios (e.g. Ransomware attack, national CMS outage, national power outage and pandemic). * Knowledge transfer to an in-house Business Continuity Team

Procurement Information

Compliant through Frameworks single supplier route to market

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0774c5
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/088370-2026
Current Stage
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All Stages
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Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK5 - Transparency Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

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

CPV Codes

72221000 - Business analysis consultancy services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£415,500 £100K-£500K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
17 Sep 20262 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
5 Oct 2026 - 4 Mar 2027 1-6 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Crown Prosecution Service
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SW1H 9EA
Postcode Area
South West London
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
Not specified
Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
St James's
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Further Information

Notice Documents

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