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AwardedFind a Tender · award
BuyerMinistry of Defence
StatusAwarded
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published9 Feb 2026

What is being bought

• OS classification • Service • Single source, direct award using SC2 template. Anticipated £100,000 Contract Value Scope of work: The scope of this requirement is summarised as follows: Deliver a full spectrum Adversary Simulation engagement against the specified target system, participating in scoping and creating a Test Plan.  Contribute to the production and reporting of a Management and Technical Report at the end of the engagement, supplying artifacts from the exercise.  Attend and engage in a technical replay exercise to help address remediation and cyber vulnerabilities.   Provide the ability to receive, handle, store, create and issue documentation to the Authority at the OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE classification.  The provision of all resources to be/have: UK based and no MOD data to be transmitted outside of the UK. Red Team / Offensive Cyber qualifications or functional-competence equivalent. All technical staff to be SC cleared. Experience of working within Defence industry in the last 5 years. Be practically able to conduct RT engagements at MOD and other Government sites.

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statuscomplete

Comparable-procurement analytics

No usable CPV category has been published, so a comparable market set cannot yet be built.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleinitial scoping of RT3-25 indicated that a change in supplier would result in the MOD receiving services that are different from, and incompatible with existing REDSHOE activity, and that the difference from and incompatibility with REDSHOE would result in disproportionate technical difficulties in delivering the RT3-25 operation.
Rationale classificationssingleSuppliersTechnicalReasons, additionalRepeatFurtherFollowingCompetitiveProcedure
Special regimedefenceSecurity
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

1

Statuspending
Value£117,239
Contract periodFrom 13 Feb 2026 to 31 Mar 2026

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

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

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-064b7d
Latest release ID011501-2026
Latest release timestampMon Feb 09 2026 15:52:25 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methoddirect
Procurement method detailsDirect award
Main procurement categoryNot published
Above thresholdNot published
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 valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source0
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
9 Feb 2026award, contract011501-2026

All source data

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

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
9 Feb 2026 · 011501-2026 · award, contract
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