Cyber Resilience of UK CNI Chemical Operators

Official notice

Authority: Department for Business & Trade (Central government)

Below threshold - without competition

Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: UK

Awarded value£96,413published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 26 Aug 2026no call for competition

Awarded to PA CONSULTING SERVICES LTD

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of specialist cyber resilience consultancy services to design and deliver a cyber resilience improvement programme for the UK Chemical Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) sector. The requirement includes senior leadership engagement, cyber assurance activities aligned to recognised frameworks including the NCSC Cyber Resilience Audit (CRA) scheme, cyber maturity assessments, gap analysis, stakeholder engagement, and the development of scalable tools and methodologies to strengthen sector-wide cyber resilience and support readiness for emerging regulatory requirements.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: UK

73200000 Research and development consultancy services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Below threshold - without competition
Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 28 Aug 2026, 11:53 BST
Last source update: 28 Aug 2026, 11:53 BST
Authority reference: Pr_5283
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-082125
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06ee6e Find a Tender

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender

Contract details notice published
28 Aug 2026, 11:53 BST
UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £96,4131 contract exc. VAT

Contracts signed 1latest 26 Aug 2026

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
PA CONSULTING SERVICES LTD	£96,413 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 1 · PA CONSULTING SERVICES LTD
Signed
26 Aug 2026
Value
£96,413
Period
26 Aug 2026 – 31 Mar 2027
Status
active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Department for Business & Trade

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PZZJ-6312-QTTD Old Admiralty Building, London, London, SW1A 2DYContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

PA Consulting Services LtdAwarded supplierGB-COH: 00414220 10 Bressenden Place, London, London, SW1E 5DNContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender28 Aug 2026, 11:53 BST