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Published 29 Sept 2026, 11:29 BST

Official UK procurement notice

PENETRATION TESTING SERVICES — UK public procurement notice

Authority: NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) (Central government)

Framework agreementServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competitionSME suitable
Sectors: Installation services (except software) (51) Delivery: Wales (UKL)
Framework ceiling (notional)Value not publishedframework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Awarded 25 Sept 2026no call for competition

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Welsh Ambulance Services University NHS Trust use the penetration testing services to identify hardware and software vulnerabilities across the Trust

CPV: Installation services of computers and office equipment

How this framework works

From the published notice
Bids received
1 bids received · 1 suppliers appointed

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Welsh Ambulance Services University NHS Trust use the penetration testing services to identify hardware and software vulnerabilities across the TrustCancelled
Delivery: Wales
51600000 Installation services of computers and office equipment

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Competition type
Direct award — no call for competition
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
29 Sept 2026, 11:29 BST
Last source update
29 Sept 2026, 11:29 BST
Authority reference
WAS-DCO-63771
Classification (CPV)
Installation services of computers and office equipment
Delivery area
Wales (UKL)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077c3b
Why no open competition
New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services and ordered in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive
Published justification
NOT APPLICABLE

Publisher note: (WA Ref:171072)

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 1admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 25 Sept 2026

1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates — see the supplier list below.

Contracts

  • Contract 091759-2026-WAS-DCO-63771-1

    Signed
    25 Sept 2026
    Value
    £173,600
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust)

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawGeneral public services 4-5 Charnwood Court,, Heol Billingsley, Parc Nantgarw, Cardiff, UK, CF15 7QZ [email protected] +44 2921501500

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High CourtReview body London +44 2079477501

Framework contractors & participating bidders

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.