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# 2526-57-DTS-CNI-RLD Cyber Security Learning Platform

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/2526-57-dts-cni-rld-cyber-security-learning-platform-ocds-h6vhtk-07b75b). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** Sheffield Hallam University has entered into a three-year contract with Hack The Box for the provision of a cyber security training and skills development platform. The subscription-based service provides access to a range of cyber security training content, practical laboratories, challenge-based learning environments and skills assessment tools that enable students to develop and apply real-world cyber security skills.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Sheffield Hallam University](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/sheffield-hallam-university-urn-133871)
- **Contract Value (direct award):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - without competition
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £150,071 (inc. VAT; no net value published, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/2526-57-dts-cni-rld-cyber-security-learning-platform-ocds-h6vhtk-07b75b#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-07b75b`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/2526-57-dts-cni-rld-cyber-security-learning-platform-ocds-h6vhtk-07b75b#tl-md)

## Description
Sheffield Hallam University has entered into a three-year contract with Hack The Box for the provision of a cyber security training and skills development platform. The subscription-based service provides access to a range of cyber security training content, practical laboratories, challenge-based learning environments and skills assessment tools that enable students to develop and apply real-world cyber security skills. The platform will support teaching and learning activities across the University's postgraduate Cyber Security programmes.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 80000000

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **HACK THE BOX LTD**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-PPON:PRJT-3677-YDCG`
  - Value: £150,071 † (inc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £150,071
  - Signed Date: 31/08/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F106127-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-11-09T11:25:32.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-11T05:36:14.249Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-07b75b