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Department for Business & Trade

Cyber Security Bench Contract

IT ServicesCPV 72212730
Value£5.0m
Deadline
Published28 Jul 2026
RegionNationwide
Who to contact
commercialddat@businessandtrade.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£5.0mtotal contract value
median £120k
this tender£0£5.4m

This is a large award for IT Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 36,449 valued IT Services tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

The Department for Business and Trade intends to procure a Cyber Capability Bench Contract to provide specialist cyber expertise to support a range of short and long-term digital, data and technology projects in accordance with GDS standards.

The requirement is expected to include Microsoft technology capability and expertise, risk management support for the Information and Risk Assurance Process (IRAP), supply chain risk management, and architectural support.

The appointed supplier will also be expected to help identify capability gaps, support the development of in-house capability, ensure knowledge transfer to departmental teams, and create relevant artefacts and system documentation during delivery.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

The requirement is expected to include Microsoft

The requirement is expected to include Microsoft technology capability and expertise, risk management support for the Information and Risk Assurance Process (IRAP), supply chain risk management, and architectural support.

02

The appointed supplier will also be expected

The appointed supplier will also be expected to help identify capability gaps, support the development of in-house capability, ensure knowledge transfer to departmental teams, and create relevant artefacts and system documentation during delivery.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d587
Stage
planning · Planning
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
071329-2026
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