---
title: "IT Health Checks"
ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-50f29dc6-6600-4fbd-ba08-7404105b8651"
canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-50f29dc6-6600-4fbd-ba08-7404105b8651"
markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-50f29dc6-6600-4fbd-ba08-7404105b8651.md"
json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-50f29dc6-6600-4fbd-ba08-7404105b8651.json"
source: "Contracts Finder"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "NS&I"
published: "2026-08-26"
---

# IT Health Checks

Buyer: NS&I  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-50f29dc6-6600-4fbd-ba08-7404105b8651

[View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-50f29dc6-6600-4fbd-ba08-7404105b8651)  
[Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-50f29dc6-6600-4fbd-ba08-7404105b8651.json)

## Summary

NS&I procured IT and security assurance services under the title IT Health Checks. The requirement covers annual health checks across NS&I’s various IT and security domains, a health check of its wireless network, and ad hoc penetration testing. This is a specialist IT consultancy and audit service, including network, hardware and software assurance. The work is associated with NS&I’s operations in London, including Riverside House on Southwark Bridge Road, and Yorkshire and the Humber. The buying organisation is NS&I, the UK government-backed savings organisation. The requirement is service-based rather than for the supply of hardware or software, and is aimed at providers able to assess technology environments, identify security weaknesses and provide assurance findings across a range of IT domains.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded. NS&I used a selective call-off from the GCA RM1557.14 framework. Bids were due by 31 May 2026 at 12:00. The contract was awarded to Layer 7 Limited on 21 August 2026 for £62,500 including the stated award value and in GBP. The contract runs from 1 September 2026 to 31 August 2027, with an optional extension of up to 12 months. The tender description states a total contract value of £150,000 including VAT, including extensions. The award is active and the tender status is complete. The published procurement information identifies the service category as IT services, consulting, software development, internet and support, with the process conducted through the existing framework rather than an open competition.

This procurement demonstrates demand from NS&I for a supplier able to deliver recurring, independent IT and security assurance across multiple technology domains, wireless networking and penetration testing. A credible future competitor would need practical capability in IT health checks, security assessment, network testing, hardware and software consultancy, vulnerability identification and ad hoc penetration testing. The requirement favours a provider with enough breadth to cover annual assurance work as well as responsive specialist investigations, and enough delivery capacity to work across NS&I’s operational locations. NS&I marked the opportunity as unsuitable for SMEs and VCSEs, while the successful supplier is recorded as a large organisation. Providers considering similar work should therefore be able to demonstrate substantial technical resources, relevant assurance experience and the ability to operate through the applicable government framework route.

## Notice

NS&I requires IT and Security health checks to carry out annual assurance on its various domains, a health check of its wireless network and ad hoc penetration testing. The total contract value including extensions is PS150,000 (including VAT). ### This contract has been awarded using GCA framework RM1557.14. This Contract has one optional extension period of up to 12 months. ### Additional information: This contract has been awarded using GCA framework RM1557.14. This Contract has one optional extension period of up to 12 months. The total contract value including extensions is PS150,000 (including VAT).

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f027760c-6b1d-4fec-a5d0-8094ea503ce0 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Call-off from a framework agreement |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 26 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | 31 May 2026 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 21 Aug 2026 |
| Contract period | 1 Sep 2026 - 31 Aug 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £62,500 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NS&I |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Postcode area | South East London |
| Postcode | SE1 9HA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East |
| ITL 3 | TLI44 Lewisham and Southwark |
| Local authority | Southwark |
| Electoral ward | Borough & Bankside |
| Westminster constituency | Bermondsey and Old Southwark |
| Delivery location | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Layer 7 IT Security |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 72100000 - Hardware consultancy services
- 72110000 - Hardware selection consultancy services
- 72120000 - Hardware disaster-recovery consultancy services
- 72130000 - Computer-site planning consultancy services
- 72140000 - Computer hardware acceptance testing consultancy services
- 72150000 - Computer audit consultancy and hardware consultancy services
- 72200000 - Software programming and consultancy services
- 72210000 - Programming services of packaged software products
- 72211000 - Programming services of systems and user software
- 72212000 - Programming services of application software
- 72212100 - Industry specific software development services
- 72212110 - Point of sale (POS) software development services
- 72212120 - Flight control software development services
- 72212121 - Air traffic control software development services
- 72212130 - Aviation ground support and test software development services
- 72212131 - Aviation ground support software development services
- 72212132 - Aviation test software development services
- 72212140 - Railway traffic control software development services
- 72212150 - Industrial control software development services
- 72212160 - Library software development services
- 72212170 - Compliance software development services
- 72212180 - Medical software development services
- 72212190 - Educational software development services
- 72212200 - Networking, Internet and intranet software development services
- 72212210 - Networking software development services
- 72212211 - Platform interconnectivity software development services
- 72212212 - Optical jukebox server software development services
- 72212213 - Operating system enhancement software development services
- 72212214 - Network operating system software development services
- 72212215 - Networking developers software development services
- 72212216 - Network connectivity terminal emulation software development services
- 72212217 - Transaction-processing software development services
- 72212218 - License management software development services
- 72212219 - Miscellaneous networking software development services
- 72212220 - Internet and intranet software development services
- 72212221 - Internet browsing software development services
- 72212222 - Web server software development services
- 72212223 - Electronic mail software development services
- 72212224 - Web page editing software development services
- 72212300 - Document creation, drawing, imaging, scheduling and productivity software development services
- 72212310 - Document creation software development services
- 72212311 - Document management software development services
- 72212312 - Electronic publishing software development services
- 72212313 - Optical-character-recognition (OCR) software development services
- 72212314 - Voice recognition software development services
- 72212315 - Desktop-publishing software development services
- 72212316 - Presentation software development services
- 72212317 - Word-processing software development services
- 72212318 - Scanner software development services
- 72212320 - Drawing and imaging software development services
- 72212321 - Computer-aided design (CAD) software development services
- 72212322 - Graphics software development services
- 72212323 - Computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) software development services
- 72212324 - Charting software development services
- 72212325 - Form making software development services
- 72212326 - Mapping software development services
- 72212327 - Drawing and painting software development services
- 72212328 - Image-processing software development services
- 72212330 - Scheduling and productivity software development services
- 72212331 - Project management software development services
- 72212332 - Scheduling software development services
- 72212333 - Contact management software development services
- 72212400 - Business transaction and personal business software development services
- 72212410 - Investment management and tax preparation software development services
- 72212411 - Investment management software development services
- 72212412 - Tax preparation software development services
- 72212420 - Facilities management software development services and software development services suite
- 72212421 - Facilities management software development services
- 72212422 - Software development services suites
- 72212430 - Inventory management software development services
- 72212440 - Financial analysis and accounting software development services
- 72212441 - Financial analysis software development services
- 72212442 - Financial systems software development services
- 72212443 - Accounting software development services
- 72212445 - Customer Relation Management software development services
- 72212450 - Time accounting or human resources software development services
- 72212451 - Enterprise resource planning software development services
- 72212460 - Analytical, scientific, mathematical or forecasting software development services
- 72212461 - Analytical or scientific software development services
- 72212462 - Mathematical or forecasting software development services
- 72212463 - Statistical software development services
- 72212470 - Auction software development services
- 72212480 - Sales, marketing and business intelligence software development services
- 72212481 - Sales or marketing software development services
- 72212482 - Business intelligence software development services
- 72212490 - Procurement software development services
- 72212500 - Communication and multimedia software development services
- 72212510 - Communication software development services
- 72212511 - Desktop communications software development services
- 72212512 - Interactive voice response software development services
- 72212513 - Modem software development services
- 72212514 - Remote access software development services
- 72212515 - Video conferencing software development services
- 72212516 - Exchange software development services
- 72212517 - IT software development services
- 72212518 - Emulation software development services
- 72212519 - Memory-management software development services
- 72212520 - Multimedia software development services
- 72212521 - Music or sound editing software development services
- 72212522 - Virtual keyboard software development services
- 72212600 - Database and operating software development services
- 72212610 - Database software development services
- 72212620 - Mainframe operating system software development services
- 72212630 - Minicomputer operating system software development services
- 72212640 - Microcomputer operating system software development services
- 72212650 - Personal computer (PC) operating system software development services
- 72212660 - Clustering software development services
- 72212670 - Real time operating system software development services
- 72212700 - Software development services utilities
- 72212710 - Backup or recovery software development services
- 72212720 - Bar coding software development services
- 72212730 - Security software development services
- 72212731 - File security software development services
- 72212732 - Data security software development services
- 72212740 - Foreign language translation software development services
- 72212750 - Storage media loading software development services
- 72212760 - Virus protection software development services
- 72212761 - Anti-virus software development services
- 72212770 - General, compression and print utility software development services
- 72212771 - General utility software development services
- 72212772 - Print utility software development services
- 72212780 - System, storage and content management software development services
- 72212781 - System management software development services
- 72212782 - Storage management software development services
- 72212783 - Content management software development services
- 72212790 - Version checker software development services
- 72212900 - Miscellaneous software development services and computer systems
- 72212910 - Computer game software development services, family titles and screen savers
- 72212911 - Computer game software development services
- 72212920 - Office automation software development services
- 72212930 - Training and entertainment software development services
- 72212931 - Training software development services
- 72212932 - Entertainment software development services
- 72212940 - Pattern design and calendar software development services
- 72212941 - Pattern design software development services
- 72212942 - Calendar software development services
- 72212960 - Drivers and system software development services
- 72212970 - Print shop software development services
- 72212971 - Address book making software development services
- 72212972 - Label making software development services
- 72212980 - Programming languages and tools development services
- 72212981 - Compiling software development services
- 72212982 - Configuration management software development services
- 72212983 - Development software development services
- 72212984 - Program testing software development services
- 72212985 - Debugging software development services
- 72212990 - Spreadsheets and enhancement software development services
- 72212991 - Spreadsheet software development services
- 72220000 - Systems and technical consultancy services
- 72221000 - Business analysis consultancy services
- 72222000 - Information systems or technology strategic review and planning services
- 72222100 - Information systems or technology strategic review services
- 72222200 - Information systems or technology planning services
- 72222300 - Information technology services
- 72223000 - Information technology requirements review services
- 72224000 - Project management consultancy services
- 72224100 - System implementation planning services
- 72224200 - System quality assurance planning services
- 72225000 - System quality assurance assessment and review services
- 72226000 - System software acceptance testing consultancy services
- 72227000 - Software integration consultancy services
- 72228000 - Hardware integration consultancy services
- 72230000 - Custom software development services
- 72231000 - Development of software for military applications
- 72232000 - Development of transaction processing and custom software
- 72240000 - Systems analysis and programming services
- 72241000 - Critical design target specification services
- 72242000 - Design-modelling services
- 72243000 - Programming services
- 72244000 - Prototyping services
- 72245000 - Contract systems analysis and programming services
- 72246000 - Systems consultancy services
- 72250000 - System and support services
- 72251000 - Disaster recovery services
- 72252000 - Computer archiving services
- 72253000 - Helpdesk and support services
- 72253100 - Helpdesk services
- 72253200 - Systems support services
- 72254000 - Software testing
- 72254100 - Systems testing services
- 72260000 - Software-related services
- 72261000 - Software support services
- 72262000 - Software development services
- 72263000 - Software implementation services
- 72264000 - Software reproduction services
- 72265000 - Software configuration services
- 72266000 - Software consultancy services
- 72267000 - Software maintenance and repair services
- 72267100 - Maintenance of information technology software
- 72267200 - Repair of information technology software
- 72268000 - Software supply services
- 72300000 - Data services
- 72310000 - Data-processing services
- 72311000 - Computer tabulation services
- 72311100 - Data conversion services
- 72311200 - Batch processing services
- 72311300 - Computer time-sharing services
- 72312000 - Data entry services
- 72312100 - Data preparation services
- 72312200 - Optical character recognition services
- 72313000 - Data capture services
- 72314000 - Data collection and collation services
- 72315000 - Data network management and support services
- 72315100 - Data network support services
- 72315200 - Data network management services
- 72316000 - Data analysis services
- 72317000 - Data storage services
- 72318000 - Data transmission services
- 72319000 - Data supply services
- 72320000 - Database services
- 72321000 - Added-value database services
- 72322000 - Data management services
- 72330000 - Content or data standardization and classification services
- 72400000 - Internet services
- 72410000 - Provider services
- 72411000 - Internet service providers ISP
- 72412000 - Electronic mail service provider
- 72413000 - World wide web (www) site design services
- 72414000 - Web search engine providers
- 72415000 - World wide web (www) site operation host services
- 72416000 - Application service providers
- 72417000 - Internet domain names
- 72420000 - Internet development services
- 72421000 - Internet or intranet client application development services
- 72422000 - Internet or intranet server application development services
- 72500000 - Computer-related services
- 72510000 - Computer-related management services
- 72511000 - Network management software services
- 72512000 - Document management services
- 72513000 - Office automation services
- 72514000 - Computer facilities management services
- 72514100 - Facilities management services involving computer operation
- 72514200 - Facilities management services for computer systems development
- 72514300 - Facilities management services for computer systems maintenance
- 72540000 - Computer upgrade services
- 72541000 - Computer expansion services
- 72541100 - Memory expansion services
- 72590000 - Computer-related professional services
- 72591000 - Development of service level agreements
- 72600000 - Computer support and consultancy services
- 72610000 - Computer support services
- 72611000 - Technical computer support services
- 72700000 - Computer network services
- 72710000 - Local area network services
- 72720000 - Wide area network services
- 72800000 - Computer audit and testing services
- 72810000 - Computer audit services
- 72820000 - Computer testing services
- 72900000 - Computer back-up and catalogue conversion services
- 72910000 - Computer back-up services
- 72920000 - Computer catalogue conversion services

## Release History

- 26 Aug 2026 at 11:46 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f027760c-6b1d-4fec-a5d0-8094ea503ce0

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f027760c-6b1d-4fec-a5d0-8094ea503ce0
  26th August 2026 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://app.panacea-software.com/nsandi/
  Click above to Apply (link to e-procurement portal)

## Provenance

This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. The canonical page is https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-50f29dc6-6600-4fbd-ba08-7404105b8651. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-50f29dc6-6600-4fbd-ba08-7404105b8651.json.