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Ransomware Services

Buyer: STUDENT LOANS COMPANY →

BuyerSTUDENT LOANS COMPANY
Statusplanned
DeadlineNot published
Value£100,000
Published10 Dec 2025

What is being bought

The Student Loans Company Limited (SLC) are undertaking Pre-Market Engagement with regards to the provision of Ransomware Negotiation Services. After an internal review by the SLC Major Incident Team (MIT) the SLC Chief Information Officer (CISO) wishes to investigate the engagement of a firm who can offer specialist ransom negotiation expertise to assess threat actor credibility, manage communications or advise on negotiation dynamics. It should be noted SLC withhold the right not to proceed with this activity if they decide. All values and duration on this page is to allow the publication of this notice only and should not be taken as agreed figures. All interested parties but complete the pre-market questionnaire published on Delta ESourcing no later than 12 noon 23rd December 2025. https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/buyers/tenders/viewTenderStatus.html?id=1000241371 Access Code : 8474VNHZW8

Delivery location

UK, GB

Categories

Business analysis consultancy services 72221000Computer support and consultancy services 72600000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanned
Contract periodFrom 1 Apr 2026 to 31 Mar 2027
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Business analysis consultancy services, Computer support and consultancy servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 72. The category anchor is Business analysis consultancy services (72221000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 7210,5392 median · 15.4 average (4,162 of 10,539 with a bid count)2 average (5,054 of 10,539 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer181 median · 1 average (1 of 18 with a bid count)1 average (1 of 18 with named award suppliers)Not published
Delivery region: UK3,3232 median · 33.8 average (1,172 of 3,323 with a bid count)2.8 average (1,502 of 3,323 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)4561.5 median · 3 average (8 of 456 with a bid count)1 average (8 of 456 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementYes
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05f265
Latest release ID081383-2025
Latest release timestampWed Dec 10 2025 11:13:31 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanned
Procurement methodselective
Procurement method detailsBelow threshold - award under framework
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNo
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£100,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
10 Dec 2025planningUpdate081383-2025
10 Dec 2025planning081376-2025
10 Dec 2025planning081310-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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