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Provision of high grade cryptos

Computer equipment and supplies
UK
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: "Provision of high grade cryptos". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Published history for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
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Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
3.8Bids / Report
75% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
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Coverage: 5 active published awards; 4 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published3 Feb 2022, 14:48 GMT
Last source update3 Feb 2022, 14:48 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationComputer equipment and supplies
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-03031e
What is being bought
The Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office' s (FCDO) existing cryptographic estate is approaching " last year of use" , as defined by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), requiring FCDO to procure next generation, high grade cryptographic devices to support its global network providing secure data, voice and video conferencing facilities.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    3 Feb 2022, 14:48 GMT
  2. Status changed to complete
    17 Dec 2021, 16:06 GMT
  3. Official notice release published
    17 Dec 2021, 16:06 GMT
  4. Buyer information updated
    17 Dec 2021, 16:06 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    These new high grade cryptographic devices will be installed in data centres across the FCDO estate, including UK sites and secure zones in a number of diplomatic missions overseas.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    3 Feb 2022, 14:48 GMT
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 7 Jan 2022, 00:00 GMT · £1,349,208
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE LIMITED
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£1,349,208 · signed 7 Jan 2022, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
electronicBids: 1 (lot 1)
smeBids: 0 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Contracting authority GB-FTS-16786
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  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
    buyer

    King Charles Street, LONDON, UKI32, SW1A2AH
    david.waddell@fcdo.gov.uk

  • AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE LIMITED
    supplier

    Stevenage, UKH2, SG1 2AS

  • High Royal courts of Justice
    reviewBody

    London
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleFCDO requires delivery of the devices by 5 April 2022 to facilitate system integration work and initial overseas deployment by the end of 2022, with the bulk of the overseas roll out being completed in 2023. On delivery to FCDO, the high grade cryptographic devices must: - meet TEMPEST standard SDIP-27 Level A; - be assured by NCSC; - be fully CAPS certified; and - comply with the latest strategic standard for encrypted IP communications(PRIME) using the UK Suite A algorithm. It is FCDO's understanding that Airbus Defence and Space Limited are the only supplier able to meet all requirements listed above and positioned to meet the required delivery date. FCDO therefore intends to utilise the Negotiated Procedure without Prior Publication, specifically regulation 32.2.b.ii of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, in the award of this contract. FCDO issued an F15: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice on 17 December 2021 (#2021/S 000-031655) detailing the above.