Award GB FTS

Halcyon Anti-Ransomware Platform

The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS)

Stage: Award

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Buyer: The Common Services Agency (more commonly known as NHS National Services Scotland) (NSS)
Supplier: Computacenter

named in the award notice
Value: £2.6M

VAT basis not stated · GBP
Awarded: 31 Oct 2025

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

Not published. This contract is not in Renewals.
First published: 31 Oct 2025

last seen 31 Oct 2025

What the buyer published

The NHS and NSS have invested in and deployed a range of cyber security tools across NHS boards through the Cyber Centre of Excellence (CCoE). These tools work together to reduce the risk and impact of cyber-attacks. While this approach has been successful and adds value, the residual risk is still high due to the nature of ransomware attacks:

Existing tools by their nature remediate reactively once they detect an attack to contain it, and
The risk of data being stolen prior to its encryption is now equal to – if not greater than – the encryption of the data itself.

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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 Backup, recovery and resilience

Judged against the rules we publish. How we decide.

Backup, recovery and resilience Getting data back after an attack, when the notice states a security purpose.

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