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# Risk Protection Arrangement Cyber Risk Pilot

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/risk-protection-arrangement-cyber-risk-pilot-ocds-h6vhtk-028f8f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department for Education: "Risk Protection Arrangement Cyber Risk Pilot". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Department for Education](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-education-gov-d6)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Computer audit services, Risk management insurance services, Technical training services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £561,649 (exc. VAT, 2 contracts)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-028f8f`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
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- **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/risk-protection-arrangement-cyber-risk-pilot-ocds-h6vhtk-028f8f#tl-md)

## Description
Further to the F15: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice published on the 2nd February 2021 DfE has awarded a one-year contract to The IASME Consortium Ltd (IASME) to deliver a Cyber Essentials Certification pilot. The contract commenced on 29th March 2021 and is due to run until 31st March 2022.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 72810000, 80531200
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** 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’ networks and will include enhanced insurance cover for those members achieving accreditat...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** Risk Protection Arrangement Cyber Essentials Certification (active)
  - Award id: `002105-2021-1-1`
  - Supplier(s): **The IASME Consortium Ltd (IASME)**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-4147`
  - Value: £299,649 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** Risk Protection Arrangement Cyber Risk Pilot (active)
  - Award id: `008684-2021-con_7767-1`
  - Supplier(s): **THE IASME CONSORTIUM LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-13925`
  - Value: £262,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (2)
- **Contract:** Risk Protection Arrangement Cyber Risk Pilot (active)
  - Signed Value: £262,000
  - Signed Date: 26/03/2021

- **Contract:** Risk Protection Arrangement Cyber Essentials Certification (active)
  - Signed Value: £299,649
  - Signed Date: 25/01/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F008684-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-04-22T21:55:05.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T04:26:58.712Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-028f8f