Award GB FTS

National Space Operations Centre (NSpOC): Orbital Analyst Laptop Service Provision

UK Space Agency. Combined from multiple notices.

Stage: Award

the latest stage the buyer has published
Buyer: UK Space Agency
Supplier: CTS Group Ltd

named on the notice
Value: £25.4K

covers more than the cyber work
Awarded: 3 Nov 2025

the signed contract date on the notice
End date: For subscribers only
First published: 27 Oct 2025

last seen 6 Nov 2025

What the buyer published

This direct award provides for the setup of specialist laptops for the UK Space Agency orbital analysts. This includes laptop imaging, Office 365 hardening, penetration testing to ensure the laptops meet the required security standards and 12 months of operational support.

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
068526-2025	27 Oct 2025	Transparency notice	award
071452-2025	6 Nov 2025	Contract details	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 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.

Cyber inside a bigger contract A named cyber part inside a wider IT contract.