Official UK procurement notice
Invitation to Tender: Cyber Accelerator Programme - Design Partnerships (itt_2888)
Authority: Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (Central government)
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) intends to create a pathway to link problems identified by large organisations with solutions provided by innovative cyber small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) known as the Cyber Accelerator Programme. The Authority requires a supplier to deliver the Cyber Accelerator Programme: Design Partnerships 2027-28.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) intends to create a pathway to link problems identified by large organisations with solutions provided by innovative cyber small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) known as the Cyber Accelerator Programme.
The Authority requires a supplier to deliver the Cyber Accelerator Programme: Design Partnerships 2027-28. The main objective of the programme is to create a credible pathway from agreed challenges facing the public sector to commercial adoption of cyber innovation by public sector buyers. This will improve the delivery of procurement in the British cyber ecosystem, linking the problems identified by large organisations with the solutions provided by SMEs.
The programme will do this through design partnerships, being structured collaborations between public-sector organisations with identified challenges and innovative cyber SMEs capable of developing and testing solutions to those challenges. The programme is designed as a single pathway from challenge identification through to potential commercial adoption.
The Supplier(s) will recruit and support Challengers and Programme Innovators, facilitate design partnerships, provide programme governance and compliance support, deliver route-to-adoption activity, organise programme events, produce programme reports and outputs, and create a pattern library of repeatable approaches to support future adoption of cyber innovation by large organisations.
The desired outcome is to improve UK cyber resilience and economic growth by helping innovative cyber SMEs address real public-sector challenges while enabling public-sector buyers to engage more confidently with innovative solutions through fair, transparent and Procurement Act 2023-compliant processes.
If you are interested in this opportunity, please access the Authority’s e-tendering platform which can be accessed via your web browser at beisgroup.ukp.app.jaggaer.com ↗ and search for (itt_2888).
CPV: Computer-related professional services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£1,200,000
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Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 90%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: Technical Capabilities and Capacity
- Social Value: Social Value delivery
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
- Turnover usually expected at this size: about £2,042,156 (twice the annual value).
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How Department for Science, Innovation & Technology buys Computer-related professional services (CPV 7259), and who usually turns up
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1 bid0% / 17%
2–317% / 50%
4–625% / 0%
7+58% / 33%
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Below estimate64% / 46%
Within ±2%36% / 38%
Above estimate0% / 17%
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Lot #1CPV 7259Published estimate£1.2m
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1 bid2%
2–313%
4–616%
7+68%
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Middle 50%£956k–£1.1m
Estimate£1.2m
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| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| Workday LtdWorked for this buyer | Matrix Programme - Technology (including ERP) & Systems Integration Servicesnotice published Oct 2024 | — | — | Similar wording and category |
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| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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| £836m27 awards in 36m · last this month | 7 live · £364m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=1 | |
Accenture UK LimitedLarge | £514m41 awards in 36m · last this month | 5 live · £401m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=6 |
DeloitteLarge | £225m111 awards in 36m · last this month | 25 live · £184m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 3% below n=14 |
CGI IT UK LimitedLarge | £140m28 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 4 live · £46m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 5% below n=11 |
Workday LtdLarge | £87m8 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 1 live · £3.9m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 20% above n=2 |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly. Contracts Finder contracts appear on the Retender Radar, not yet in these figures.
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Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open for tender
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- 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
- 15 Sept 2026, 17:11 BST
- Last source update
- 30 Oct 2026, 12:35 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 18 Jan 2027
- Authority reference
prj_7573- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-103173- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f26dFind a Tender
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Submit via Jaggaer- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Tender submission deadline
- 27 Nov 2026, 11:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 13 Nov 2026, 23:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
4 Sept 2026 → 28 Jan 2027 · 8 dates- Planning notice published61 days ago4 Sept 2026, 14:54 BST
- Market engagement41 days ago23 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
DSIT invites your participation in this session that will help inform our thinking and deliver the best possible outcome. The provisional agenda is below:
- Welcome and introduction to DSIT
- Introduction to the policy behind the programme
- Description of the programme
- Description of expected procurement structure and timetable
- General Q&A
If you are interested in this potential opportunity, DSIT would like to engage with you. The Bidder presentation is due to take place Wednesday 23rd September 11:00.
Please contact us by emailing [email protected] with your company details and contact information.
Following confirmation of company details, an ‘MS Teams’ invite will be circulated for the market engagement event. We would ask that you have a maximum of 2 attendees from each organisation. Deadline for registration closes Tuesday 22nd September 17:00.
A copy of the Presentation slides will be uploaded to this notice after the session(s).
Useful resources:
www.gov.uk/government/publicati… ↗
www.gov.uk/government/collectio… ↗
www.gov.uk/government/publicati… ↗
*** This is early market engagement for a potential opportunity. The Department is not obligated to run a procurement following this activity and is not liable for any costs associated with participating in this early engagement. ***
Additional Information:
The Department for Science Innovation and Technology uses the Jaggaer eSourcing Portal as its eSourcing tool. Jaggaer will be used for this competition should it come to tender. To register as a supplier, please visit beisgroup.ukp.app.jaggaer.com ↗ and follow the instructions to register as a supplier.
- Next notice expected18 days ago16 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published5 days ago30 Oct 2026, 12:26 GMT
- Today4 Nov 2026
- Clarification questions byin 9 days13 Nov 2026, 23:00 GMT
- Submission deadlinein 22 days27 Nov 2026, 11:00 GMT
- Award decision expected byin 75 days18 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 84 days28 Jan 2027
Notice history
8 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Sept 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published4 Sept 2026, 14:54 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published15 Sept 2026, 17:11 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published16 Sept 2026, 16:57 BSTUK2
- Tender notice published30 Oct 2026, 12:26 GMTUK4
- Status changed to active30 Oct 2026, 12:26 GMT
- Procurement method changed30 Oct 2026, 12:26 GMT
- Deadline published: 27 Nov 2026, 11:00 GMT30 Oct 2026, 12:26 GMT
- Tender notice published30 Oct 2026, 12:35 GMTUK4
Published amendments (1)
Update to this notice: Invite to Webinar for Cyber Accelerator Programme - Design Partnerships
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2026-09: 2 releases · 15 Sept 2026, 15 Sept 2026
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
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Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (6)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender