Official UK procurement notice
ID 5448223 - DoF - Provision of CHECK Services
Authority: Department of Finance DoF
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Department of Finance, for itself and on behalf of other public sector organisations in Northern Ireland, is establishing a Contract with suitable Supplier for the provision of CHECK Services on a Call-Off basis as defined within this Specification. A list of all participating Bodies (Buyer(s)) who can call-Off this Contract can be found in the Specification Document at Annex A. This is a Call- Off Contract for the Provision of CHECK Services. The Contract will be for an initial period of 2 years with options to extend for two further periods of two years each. The Provision of CHECK Services Call-Off Contract services required include, but are not limited to, the following, the provision of CHECK penetration testing services and providing independent verification for Services, Systems and Applications supporting the Buyer(s) business operations on a Call-Off Contract basis. For further details as to the requirements please refer to the document entitled ID 5448223 – Specification.
- Recurrence: This contract will potentially be due to be re-procured after the initial contract period and/or following any extensions
CPV: Computer audit and testing services · Computer audit services · Computer network services · Computer testing services · Computer-related professional services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Software programming and consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedWhat it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Qualitative Criteria: 60%
- Quantitative Criteria: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Qualitative Criteria: 60
- Quantitative Criteria: 40
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
Yes · This contract will potentially be due to be re-procured after the initial contract period and/or following any extensions
- First published
- 21 Feb 2025, 16:38 GMT
- Last source update
- 28 May 2025, 15:09 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 27 Mar 2025 – …
- Authority reference
ID 5448223- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-028175- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e763Find a Tender
- Review procedure
CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended). and, incorporated a standstill period of 10 calendar days at the point information on the award. of contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification provided full information on the award decision. Thus provided time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract was entered into.
Publisher note: Contract monitoring: the successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored. Contractors not delivering. on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach. satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach. satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in construction and procurement delivery. (CPD) for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period,. this may be considered grounds for termination of the contract at your expense as provided for in the Conditions of Contract. In lieu. of termination, CPD may issue a Notice of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance. A supplier in receipt of multiple. Notices of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance may, in accordance with The Public Contracts Regulations 2015. (as amended), be excluded from future public procurement competitions for a period of. up to three years.. . "The Authority expressly. reserves the rights:. . (I). not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice;. (II). to. make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering Competition;. (III). to award (a) contract(s) in respect of. any part(s) of the [services] covered by this notice; and. (IV). to award contract(s) in stages.. . and in no circumstances will the Authority be. liable for any costs incurred by candidates."
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 27 Mar 2025, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 27 Mar 2025, 15:30 GMT
Timeline
27 Mar 2025 → 25 Jun 2025 · 4 dates- Submission deadline27 Mar 2025, 15:00 GMT
- Bids opened27 Mar 2025, 15:30 GMT
- Notice published28 May 2025, 15:09 BST
- Bids must remain valid until25 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete28 May 2025, 15:09 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cyber Guarded LtdSMEContract | £8,200,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract · Cyber Guarded LtdSME
- Signed
- 14 May 2025
- Value
- £8,200,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4bids · 4 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015 as amended.Review body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Cyber Guarded LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria