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GB-Glasgow: Pen Testing Services - 2025-01588
Authority: Student Loans Company
CPV: Computer audit and testing services (72800000)
Published contract value£150,000Exc. VAT
Contract ends 31 Mar 2028
Awarded to FORFEND INFORMATION SECURITY LTD
Contract starts 1 Jul 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPenetration testing is a method for assessing the security of an IT system by attempting to breach that system's security, using the same tools and techniques an adversary might. Within SLC it is also a method for gaining assurance in the organisation's vulnerability assessment and management processes.
Published procurement details
- Procedure
- Not specified
- Buyer reference
- BIP967896706
- Category
- Services
- Tender status
- Complete
- Award status
- Active
- Suitable for SMEs
- No
- Suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises
- No
- Tender deadline
- Item 1: Delivery locations as published
- Scotland, United Kingdom
Key dates
Published dates- Award decision23 Jun 2025
- Contract starts1 Jul 2025
- Notice published23 Jul 2025
- Contract ends31 Mar 2028
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
- Student Loans CompanyContracting authority
Suppliers named on the notice
- FORFEND INFORMATION SECURITY LTDSupplier
- Business size
- Large
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
Source record
- Source
- Contracts Finder
- Notice language
- en
- Release reference
- ocds-b5fd17-bb4a8c19-1bc0-49fc-8f63-7d28f36fd765-2025-07-23T10:55:05+01:00
- Published
- 23 Jul 2025
- Latest update
- 23 Jul 2025
- Procedure reference
- ocds-b5fd17-bb4a8c19-1bc0-49fc-8f63-7d28f36fd765
- Contract reference
- ocds-b5fd17-bb4a8c19-1bc0-49fc-8f63-7d28f36fd765-1