Award GB FTS

ITHC, Penetration Testing and Associated Services Contract 2

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS. Combined from multiple notices.

Stage: Award

the latest stage the buyer has published
Buyer: DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS
Supplier: 3B Data Security Ltd

taken from the supplier contact on the notice
Value: £3.4M

covers more than the cyber work
Awarded: 21 Mar 2025

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

Not published. This contract is not in Renewals.
First published: 17 Apr 2025

last seen 17 Apr 2025

What the buyer published

Contract awarded for the provision of IT Health Checks, Penetration Testing and Associated Services. This is one of three contracts awarded by the Authority for these services, under the Crown Commercial Services' RM3764.3 DPS.

The buyer published this contract more than once.

We combine all notices into one record, so it only appears here once.

Notice	Published	Stage
015791-2025	17 Apr 2025	award
015795-2025	17 Apr 2025	award
015796-2025	17 Apr 2025	award (current)

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History of this contract

An empty stage is useful. For example, no tender stage usually means the buyer used a framework or gave the contract directly.

◌ 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.

Governance, risk and audit Certification, audit, risk assessment or advice on how security is run, such as ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials or CAF.

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