Award GB PCS

Cyber Security Testing Services

Scottish Government

Stage: Award

the latest stage the buyer has published
Buyer: Scottish Government
Supplier: Commissum

named on the notice
Value: £3M

net (signed contract) · GBP
Awarded: 13 Sep 2024

the signed contract date on the notice
End date: Not published

Not published. This contract is not in Renewals.
Where: Scotland

the buyer's address on the notice
First published: 25 Sep 2024

last seen 25 Sep 2024

What the buyer published

The Scottish Ministers, on behalf of The Scottish Government have a requirement to engage with a partner to secure a service provider that will provide quality-assured security testing services and will have the scale and flexibility to accommodate both longer-term routine (e.g. annual) Information Technology (IT) operational health checks, as well as more frequent point-in-time security tests at key project milestones throughout the contract.

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History of this contract

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◌ Planning none

◌ Tender none

● Award on record

◌ End date not published

Why we call this Penetration testing

Judged against the rules we publish. How we decide.

Penetration testing A security test of a set scope, such as a pen test, IT health check or red team.

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