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title: "Provision of Penetration Testing Services for the Department for Transport"
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# Provision of Penetration Testing Services for the Department for Transport

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-penetration-testing-services-for-the-department-for-transport-ocds-h6vhtk-079400). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department for Transport: "Provision of Penetration Testing Services for the Department for Transport". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Department for Transport](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-transport-gov-d9)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Systems testing services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-penetration-testing-services-for-the-department-for-transport-ocds-h6vhtk-079400#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-079400`

## 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:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **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/provision-of-penetration-testing-services-for-the-department-for-transport-ocds-h6vhtk-079400#tl-md)

## Description
Department for Transport (DfT) requires a Contract for the provision of Penetration Testing Services for DfT's Digital Systems and hardware to provide security assurance and remediation advice to address any security vulnerabilities found.  
DfT is particularly keen on the inclusion of an automated testing solution to supplement manual testing and is keen to understand the market capability in regard to this.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 72254100
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 15/01/2027 to 14/01/2030
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F102840-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-10-29T16:26:01.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T22:00:37.488Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-079400