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Awarded · ResultStage · contract

Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

PS23147 Data Protection Service

Government ServicesCPV 75000000 79410000
Value£159k
Awarded18 May 2023
Published21 Jun 2023
RegionUK-wide
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£159ktotal contract value
median £400k
this tender£0£22.3m

This sits in the lower-middle of the Government & Public Administration band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 5,438 valued Government & Public Administration tenders in our corpus.

The brief

***** THIS IS AN AWARD NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION ***** This procurement is being concluded following a mini competition under CCS Cyber Security Services 3 DPS RM3764.3 Brief Description of Requirement The Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry is looking to appoint a dedicated Data Protection practitioner to lead work with a junior practitioner to provide compliance and advisory services in order to ensure that the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry has the relevant data protection policies in place and that the practices of the Inquiry are compliant and in line with data protection regulations.

The data protection Services Provider is required to be available from May 2023 until September 2024.

The data protection services provider function is to support the Inquiry's compliance with relevant data protection obligations and to proactively manage any risks of inappropriate data handling.

The expected support will cover advice to the Inquiry on data protection matters including breach response and recovery procedures, and provide education and consultancy services.

This will involve reviewing current policies and practices in the Inquiry team, identifying any gaps in process or procedures and designing a plan for improvements.

Advice on data storage and archiving is also required to support the Inquiry's preparation for archiving when the Inquiry comes to an end.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

The data protection Services Provider is required

The data protection Services Provider is required to be available from May 2023 until September 2024.

02

The data protection services provider function is

The data protection services provider function is to support the Inquiry's compliance with relevant data protection obligations and to proactively manage any risks of inappropriate data handling.

03

The expected support will cover advice

The expected support will cover advice to the Inquiry on data protection matters including breach response and recovery procedures, and provide education and consultancy services.

04

Advice on data storage and archiving is

Advice on data storage and archiving is also required to support the Inquiry's preparation for archiving when the Inquiry comes to an end.

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1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

Crown Commercial Service frameworkFrameworks & routes to market
This procurement is being concluded following a mini competition under CCS Cyber Security Services 3 DPS RM3764.3

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