Award GB FTS

Penetration Testing Orchestration Service

University of Portsmouth Higher Education Corporation

Stage: Award

the latest stage the buyer has published
Buyer: University of Portsmouth Higher Education Corporation
Supplier: MTI Technology Ltd

named in the award notice
Value: £66.5K

net · GBP
Awarded: 30 Sep 2026

the signed contract date on the notice
End date: For subscribers only
Where: South East, England

the buyer's address on the notice
First published: 5 Oct 2026

last seen 5 Oct 2026

What the buyer published

The University of Portsmouth has appointed a supplier to provide a flexible and independent penetration testing orchestration service to support the University's information security, cyber assurance and risk management objectives across our digital estate. This followed a further competition procedure in the ITS4052SU Software Licence Resellers Agreement & Consultancy Services (SLRA) Framework Agreement, Lot 5C - Cyber Assessment Terms and Conditions.

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History of this contract

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◌ 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.

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.