Official UK procurement notice
T160 - Cyber Assurance Services
Authority: Northern Ireland Water (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis contract is for cyber assurance services. For more details please refer to specification.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 5 Aug 2032, 23:59 BST.
- How the procedure runs: The Competitive Flexible Procedure is described in the T160 tender documents which are available on eTendersNI.
- No preliminary market engagement: A Preliminary Market Engagement notice (Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-054293) was issued to the market in September 2025.
CPV: Computer audit and testing services · Computer support and consultancy services · Computer testing services · Computer-related services · Custom software development services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Programming services of packaged software products · Software programming and consultancy services · Software-related services · System and support services · Systems analysis and programming services · Systems and technical consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£600,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality: 70%
- Cost: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality
- Cost
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 5 Aug 2032
- First published
- 5 Aug 2026, 15:22 BST
- Last source update
- 5 Aug 2026, 15:22 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 30 Oct 2026
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-074300- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06dcacFind a Tender
- How it runs
The Competitive Flexible Procedure is described in the T160 tender documents which are available on eTendersNI.
How it was run
Official notice- Requests to participate (first stage)
- 4 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline
- 4 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 2 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Submit via EtendersNI at etendersni.gov.uk ↗
Timeline
5 Aug 2026 → 31 Oct 2026 · 5 dates- Tender notice published77 days ago5 Aug 2026, 15:22 BST
- Clarification questions by49 days ago2 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline47 days ago4 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today21 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 10 days30 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 10 days31 Oct 2026
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published5 Aug 2026, 15:22 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender