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METROPOLITAN POLICE SERVICE

CCS Cyber Security Services 3 (DPS) Stage 1 Capability Assessment

IT ServicesCPV 72000000 72200000 72210000 72212000
Value£1
Deadline
Published5 Dec 2025
RegionLondon
Contract value in context
£1total contract value
median £120k
this tender£0£3.5m

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The brief

The MPS are looking to call-off the Crown Commercial Services Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) Framework - 'Cyber Security Services 3' as part of a Cyber Security Uplift Project.

The tender will consist of two stages - Stage 1 Capability Assessment and Stage 2 Invitation to Tender.

Suppliers who are successful at Stage 2 will be short-listed and invited to Stage 2.

The Capability Assessment will be published to suppliers on this DPS around January 2026 and will be invited to participate via the Met's eTendering platform 'COUPA'.

DPS suppliers will receive an invitation via email to join Sourcing Event #2337 once published on COUPA.

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What this notice demands of you

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

Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)Frameworks & routes to market
The MPS are looking to call-off the Crown Commercial Services Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) Framework - 'Cyber Security Services 3'

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OCID
10b50ea6-45ff-4c5d-95aa-6d9b704eca50
Stage
pipeline · Closed
Source
Contracts Finder
Buyer ref
COUPA Sourcing Event #2337
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