Award GB CF

Defence Out of Bounds Service (DOBUS)

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

Stage: Award

the latest stage the buyer has published
Buyer: MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
Supplier: Boxxe Limited

named in the award notice
Value: £2.5M

net · GBP
Awarded: 1 Aug 2024

the award date on the notice
End date: 31 Jul 2026

expected
First published: 21 Aug 2024

last seen 21 Aug 2024

What the buyer published

Defence Out of Bounds Service (DOBUS) which provides assured software patches for MOD ICT at OFFICIAL, SECRET and ABOVE SECRET. This service is vital to Defence as without it, various pieces of software will become vulnerable to exploitation and will compromise Defence's Cyber security.

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History of this contract

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◌ Planning none

◌ Tender none

● Award on record

● End date 31 Jul 2026, expected

Why we call this Network security

Judged against the rules we publish. How we decide.

Network security Firewalls, web and email filtering, VPN and secure access, and their management.

Multi-service and framework contracts A framework or call-off contract that many buyers can use.