Official UK procurement notice
002688 Cyber Security Testing Services
Authority: British Library Board (Central government)
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
Awarded value£100,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 31 Oct 2025
Awarded to COMMISSUM ASSOCIATES LIMITED
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe British Library seeks a managed security services provider (MSSP) to provide penetration testing, vulnerability scanning, security assessments to provide independent, accredited assurance and support of our services.
The British Library conducts a range of regular internal security activities to detect and remediate common vulnerabilities and weaknesses in products and looks to assure this work with independent assessments of solutions aligned to best practice, security baselines and accredited ethical hacking standards.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - unknown
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 5 Nov 2025, 12:49 GMT
- Last source update
- 5 Nov 2025, 12:49 GMT
- Authority reference
002688- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-071243- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05dae4Find a Tender
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published5 Nov 2025, 12:49 GMTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £100,0001 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 31 Oct 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMMISSUM ASSOCIATES LIMITED | £100,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Cyber Security Testing Services · COMMISSUM ASSOCIATES LIMITED
- Signed
- 31 Oct 2025
- Value
- £100,000
- Period
- 3 Nov 2025 – 2 Nov 2027 · up to 2 Nov 2029 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- 2 optional 12 month extension periods
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- COMMISSUM ASSOCIATES LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender