Award GB FTS

Vulnerability Scanning Tool (September 2025)

University of Salford. Combined from multiple notices.

Stage: Award

the latest stage the buyer has published
Buyer: University of Salford
Supplier: Softcat Limited

taken from the supplier contact on the notice
Value: £69.6K inc VAT
Awarded: 16 Sep 2025

the award date on the notice
End date: For subscribers only
First published: 8 Sep 2025

last seen 24 Oct 2025

What the buyer published

University of Salford - Vulnerability Scanning Tool (September 2025). The University of Salford Digital IT team is seeking to procure a vulnerability scanning solution to operate over the next three years. Submission Details

Please send quotations and correspondence to:

Adam Clayton

Head of Information Security

[email protected]

Please see attached document for full requirements.

The buyer published this contract more than once.

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

Notice	Published	Type	Stage
054515-2025	8 Sep 2025	Tender notice	tender
068133-2025	24 Oct 2025	Award notice	award

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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 on record

● Award on record

● End date For subscribers only

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.

Bought on its own, as a separate contract The cyber work is a separate contract.