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Cyber Security Assurance Services Framework

Buyer: City of Edinburgh Council →

BuyerCity of Edinburgh Council
StatusAwarded
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published6 Aug 2025

What is being bought

The City of Edinburgh Council is awarding a robust Framework for the procurement of secure digital services. It aims to enhance the Councils ability to assess and select IT service providers that meet stringent security requirements, ensuring the delivery of secure and reliable digital services.

Delivery location

UKM75 · UKM75 · UKM75 · UKM75 · UKM75 · UKM75

Categories

IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support 72000000IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support 72000000

Lot details

Essential Services: Penetration Testing, Security Assurance & Reporting, Advice & Consultation

The City of Edinburgh Council intends to establish a Framework Agreement that will provide the Council with a range of ICT information and system security assessments. These include: - Penetration testing and vulnerability assessments against industry standards at application, component, and full stack levels, and - Security assurance and reporting of proposed new technologies and services. Suppliers must also provide: - Advice and consultation on proposed and existing cloud developments, - Advice and consultation on proposed and existing cloud infrastructure configurations, and - Advice and consultation on cloud technologies to support ongoing management of our cloud operations.

Statuscancelled

Award criteria
Delivery of Services — 30
Advice and Consultancy — 30
Account Management and Staffing — 15
Business continuity — 10
The Environment — 5
Fair Work Practices — 5
Community Benefits — 5
price — 50

Incident Response, Digital Forensics, Data Breach Assessment & Recovery

The City of Edinburgh Council intends to establish a Framework Agreement that will provide the Council with a range of ICT information and system security assessments. These include: - Incident Response, - Digital Forensics, - Data Breach Assessment and Recovery.

Statuscancelled

Award criteria
Quality from Lot 1 — 50
price — 50

Security Audit – PCI, Security Architecture/Design Review, Compliance & Regulatory Services.

The City of Edinburgh Council intends to establish a Framework Agreement that will provide the Council with a range of ICT information and system security assessments. These include: - Security Audit – PCI, - Security Architecture/Design Review, - Compliance and Regulatory Services.

Statuscancelled

Award criteria
Quality from Lot 1 — 50
price — 50

Threat Intelligence

The City of Edinburgh Council intends to establish a Framework Agreement that will provide the Council with a range of ICT information and system security assessments. These include: - Threat Intelligence

Statuscancelled

Award criteria
Quality from Lot 1 — 50
price — 50

Vulnerability Assessments

The City of Edinburgh Council intends to establish a Framework Agreement that will provide the Council with a range of ICT information and system security assessments. These include: - Vulnerability Assessments

Statuscancelled

Award criteria
Quality from Lot 1 — 50
price — 50

Data & Hardware Sanitisation

The City of Edinburgh Council intends to establish a Framework Agreement that will provide the Council with a range of ICT information and system security assessments. These include: - Data and Hardware Sanitisation

Statuscancelled

Award criteria
Quality from Lot 1 — 50
price — 50

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportNot published
2IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportNot published
3IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportNot published
4IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportNot published
5IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportNot published
6IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 72. The category anchor is IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support (72000000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 724,2561 median · 8 average (1,423 of 4,256 with a bid count)1.7 average (1,644 of 4,256 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKM75292 median · 4.4 average (20 of 29 with a bid count)1.3 average (21 of 29 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementYes
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byGPA
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

Contracts

Essential Services: Penetration Testing, Security Assurance & Reporting, Advice & Consultation

Statusactive
Value£750,000

Security Audit – PCI, Security Architecture/Design Review, Compliance & Regulatory Services.

Statusactive
Value£750,000

Threat Intelligence

Statusactive
Value£750,000

Vulnerability Assessments

Statusactive
Value£750,000

Data & Hardware Sanitisation

Statusactive
Value£750,000

Incident Response, Digital Forensics, Data Breach Assessment & Recovery

Statusactive
Value£750,000

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

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Latest release ID046608-2025
Latest release timestampWed Aug 06 2025 14:29:24 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodselective
Procurement method detailsRestricted procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis32014L0024
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source6
Tender items in source6
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release6
Contracts in latest release6
Parties in latest release6

Notice history

DateEventReference
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All source data

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6 Aug 2025 · 046608-2025 · award, contract
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