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Risk Protection Arrangement Cyber Risk Pilot: Cyber Essentials Certification

Computer audit services
Risk management insurance services
Technical training services
UK
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: Department for Education: "Risk Protection Arrangement Cyber Risk Pilot: Cyber Essentials Certification". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityDepartment for EducationScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Competition Density
49.6Bids / Report
11.6% of reports have one bid
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Payment Terms
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Coverage: 368 active published awards; 352 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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 AuthorityDepartment for Education
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
Published2 Feb 2021, 22:56 GMT
Last source update2 Feb 2021, 22:56 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationComputer audit services, Risk management insurance services, Technical training services
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-028f8d
What is being bought
The DfE proposes to award a one-year contract to The IASME Consortium Ltd (IASME) to deliver a Cyber Essentials Certification pilot.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    2 Feb 2021, 22:56 GMT
  2. Official notice release published
    2 Feb 2021, 22:56 GMT
  3. Buyer information updated
    2 Feb 2021, 22:56 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    Status not published
    Published valueNot published
    The contract will focus on the delivery of the Cyber Essentials Certification in a limited 1-year pilot for up to 500 Risk Protection Arrangement (RPA) members and will include enhanced insurance cover for those members achieving accreditation.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    2 Feb 2021, 22:56 GMT
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 25 Jan 2021, 00:00 GMT · £299,649
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
The IASME Consortium Ltd (IASME)
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Risk Protection Arrangement Cyber Essentials Certification
£299,649 · signed 25 Jan 2021, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Department for Education

Contracting authority GB-FTS-165
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  • Department for Education
    buyer

    Sanctuary Buildings, 20, Great Smith Street, London, UK, SW1P 3BT
    adam.sowman@education.gov.uk
    +44 12345678

  • High Court
    mediationBody
    reviewBody

    Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand, London, WC2A 2LL

  • The IASME Consortium Ltd (IASME)
    supplier

    Wyche Innovation Centre, Upper Colwall, Malvern, Malvern, UK
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Planning and rationale
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No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleThe DfE proposes to award a contract to The IASME Consortium Ltd (IASME) for the supply of the Cyber Essentials Certification as part of the 1-year Risk Protection Arrangement Cyber Risk Pilot. The DfE believes that there is no other organisation in the market that can satisfy the technical requirements of the contract to award the Cyber Essentials Certification. With effect from 1 April 2020 and following a competitive procurement process, IASME were appointed as the sole body able to award Cyber Essentials Certification, the only government-backed quality assured standard, on behalf of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). It is understood that there is no equivalent certification to the Cyber Essentials scheme available on the market that meets the standards and controls that the NCSC dictates. It is therefore believed that there is not a market to deliver Cyber Essentials, in that there is only one Cyber Essentials Partner (IASME) that can deliver the scheme and to fit the standards required by the NCSC. The RPA seeks to align to the NCSC assured and established standard, as the subject matter experts within Government to ensure a quality standard for RPA members. As a result, the DfE believes that Public Contracts Regulations 2015, Regulation 32(2) applies. Regulation 32(2) states: “The negotiated procedures without prior publication may be used for public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts in any of the following cases:- (b) where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator for any of the following reasons:- (ii) competition is absent for technical reasons…” The DfE is committed to the continued analysis of the longer-term need of Risk Protection Arrangement members and will continue to assess the market after this time-limited pilot. If it is determined via this analysis that an equivalent certification to meet member needs is available and that the DfE intends to continue supporting Risk Protection Arrangement Members in this way, then any further contract will be competed in line with the Public Contract Regulations 2015. This project is to deliver a short, limited pilot that is not expected to have a long-term impact on the market.