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# Cyber Supplier and Third Party Risk Management capability - Market Engagement

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/health-and-social-care-cyber-supplier-assessment-capability-preliminary-market-ocds-h6vhtk-07bbcf). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** NHS England is undertaking preliminary market engagement to understand how the supplier market could support the future delivery of a Health and Social Care (H&SC) Cyber Supplier and Third Party Risk Management capability. Our ambition is to develop a national capability, available to all health and social care organisations, that delivers a more consistent and scalable approach to managing cyber risk associated with third-party suppliers across health and social care.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [NHS England](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-england-gov-pb481)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £5,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support (primary), IT software development services, Software package and information systems
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 3 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/health-and-social-care-cyber-supplier-assessment-capability-preliminary-market-ocds-h6vhtk-07bbcf#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-07bbcf`

## 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:** not shown for these lots; the published data do not support one.

- **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/health-and-social-care-cyber-supplier-assessment-capability-preliminary-market-ocds-h6vhtk-07bbcf#tl-md)

## Description
NHS England is undertaking preliminary market engagement to understand how the supplier market could support the future delivery of a Health and Social Care (H&SC) Cyber Supplier and Third Party Risk Management capability.
Our ambition is to develop a national capability, available to all health and social care organisations, that delivers a more consistent and scalable approach to managing cyber risk associated with third-party suppliers across health and social care. As part of this work, NHS England is developing a H&SC Cyber Third Party Risk Management Standard, against which relevant suppliers are expected to be assessed.
This market engagement will begin with a supplier webinar, followed by a Request for Information (RFI). It gives suppliers an opportunity to help shape this new national capability and the supporting assessment standard. Insights gathered from this exercise will inform a potential procurement process planned for early to mid-2027.  Please note, any figures quoted are early-stage indications only.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 48000000, 72000000, 72212517

- **Contract Period:** 01/04/2027 to 31/03/2030

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F108132-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-11-13T15:27:25.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-13T15:41:08.855Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-07bbcf
- **Licence:** Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.