Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 18 Sept 2025, 11:26 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Security and Information Risk Advisor (SIRA) services

Official notice

Authority: Single Source Regulations Office (Central government)

ServicesBelow thresholdSME suitable
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsends 25 Mar 2029 · up to 25 Mar 2031 with extensions · starts 26 Mar 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Single Source Regulations Office (SSRO) would like to notify you of an upcoming requirement, and by doing so we are keen to understand where the market stands in terms of the requirement below.

This is a market research exercise for the supply of the SSRO's Security and Information Risk Advisor (SIRA) services. Potential Suppliers are invited to provide an overview of their systems and support services that will help inform and shape the SSRO's specification.

Through this Request for Information (RFI), the SSRO wishes to fully understand the market interest in delivering these services and the potential range of service models available for future delivery. The SSRO welcomes Suppliers' input into the process.

This RFI will help the SSRO to refine its requirements and to consider its procurement approach for this contract. No information provided by a potential Supplier in response to this RFI will be carried forward, used, or acknowledged in any way for the purpose of evaluating the potential Supplier, in any subsequent formal procurement process.

CPV: Information technology services · Systems consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 3 yrsSME
Contract period: 26 Mar 2026 – 25 Mar 2029 (3 yrs) · up to 25 Mar 2031 with extensions
Delivery: LondonEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
18 Sept 2025, 11:26 BST
Last source update
18 Sept 2025, 11:26 BST
Authority reference
SSRO-C- 154
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-057632
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Information technology servicesSystems consultancy services
Delivery area
London (UKI)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059cf0 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

18 Sept 2025 → 26 Mar 2026 · 3 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    18 Sept 2025, 11:26 BST
  2. Market engagement378 days ago
    13 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST

    The Single Source Regulations Office (SSRO) would like to notify you of an upcoming requirement, and by doing so we are keen to understand where the market stands in terms of the requirement below.

    This is a market research exercise for the supply of the SSRO's Security and Information Risk Advisor (SIRA) services. Potential Suppliers are invited to provide an overview of their systems and support services that will help inform and shape the SSRO's specification.

    Through this Request for Information (RFI), the SSRO wishes to fully understand the market interest in delivering these services and the potential range of service models available for future delivery. The SSRO welcomes Suppliers' input into the process.

    This RFI will help the SSRO to refine its requirements and to consider its procurement approach for this contract. No information provided by a potential Supplier in response to this RFI will be carried forward, used, or acknowledged in any way for the purpose of evaluating the potential Supplier, in any subsequent formal procurement process.

    OUR TIMETABLE

    DATE ACTIVITY

    18 September 2025 Publication of the RFI

    2 October 2025 Publication of responses to RFI Clarification questions

    13 October 2025 Closing date for submission of a RFI Response

    November/December 2025 Analysis of RFI responses

    January 2026 Confirm next steps to RFI Respondents

    QUESTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS

    Potential Suppliers may raise questions or seek clarification about any aspect of this RFI document any time before the Response Deadline. Questions and Responses must be submitted to [email protected].

    Request for Information documents:

    Request for Information document, and for further information

    • Appendix 1: Provisional Specification for RFI
    • Appendix 2: Pricing Schedule example

    If your company would like to express and interest in participating in this RFI exercise, the above mentioned documents are available on request via [email protected]

  3. Contract starts215 days ago
    26 Mar 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    18 Sept 2025, 11:26 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Single Source Regulations Office

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PCCY-1866-NYYZ 100 Parliament Street, London, London, SW1A 2BQContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure