Pura Commercial & Contract Radar

UKRI Penetration Testing Services

UNKNOWN

What happened?

Award notice from UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED. Relevance is supported by notice evidence.

Facts

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  "award_values": [
    {
      "amount": 222680,
      "currency": "GBP"
    }
  ],
  "buyer": "UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED",
  "buyer_reference": "DDaT24445",
  "contact_email": "DDATProcurement@uksbs.co.uk",
  "contact_name": "DDaT Procurement",
  "contact_restrictions": [],
  "contacts": [
    {
      "email": "DDATProcurement@uksbs.co.uk",
      "name": "DDaT Procurement",
      "organisation": "UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED",
      "telephone": "01793 867000"
    }
  ],
  "contract_terms": [
    {
      "endDate": "2028-01-05T23:59:59Z",
      "startDate": "2025-01-06T00:00:00Z"
    }
  ],
  "cpv": [
    {
      "description": "Program testing software development services",
      "id": "72212984",
      "scheme": "CPV"
    }
  ],
  "currency": "GBP",
  "days_to_deadline": -768,
  "deadline": "2024-09-25T23:59:00+01:00",
  "deadline_conflict": false,
  "deadline_kind": "TENDER",
  "deadline_narrative": "",
  "deadline_structured": "2024-09-25T23:59:00+01:00",
  "deadline_time_unpublished": false,
  "demo_evidence": [],
  "direct_contact_evidence": [],
  "engagement_route": "",
  "estimated_value": 64000,
  "expansion_scope": "Complete official OCDS release; linked restricted documents require separate verification.",
  "extensions": [],
  "fully_expanded": true,
  "geographic_scope": [
    [
      {
        "postalCode": "SN2 1PL"
      }
    ]
  ],
  "hidden_opportunity": true,
  "historical_engagement_evidence": "",
  "incumbent_evidence": [],
  "linked_documents": [],
  "lot_count": 0,
  "lot_scope": [],
  "meeting_evidence": [],
  "notice_type": "AWARD",
  "procurement_method": "Call-off from a framework agreement",
  "procurement_status": "complete",
  "publication_date": "2026-10-07T15:39:34+01:00",
  "published_corrections": [],
  "published_notice_types": [],
  "published_requirement": "***Please note this is an award notice, not a call for competition*** UK Research and Innovation had a requirement for Penetration Testing Services. This has been sourced via direct award against the RM1557.14 G-Cloud 14 framework.\r\n\r\n***Variation 001 has been conducted to include additional services required for implementation off security assessments, utilising built in contingency as per the call-off contract. This variation is totalled at \u00a352,480.00 excluding VAT. ***\r\n\r\n***Variation 002 has been conducted to include additional services as required for the project, utilising built in contingency as per the call-off contract as per the call-off contract. This variation is totalled at \u00a319,080.00 excluding VAT.***\r\n\r\n***Variation 003 has been conducted to incorporate additional security security assessments, utilising built in contingency as per the call-off contract. This variation is totalled at \u00a311,780.00 excluding VAT. ***\r\n\r\n***Variation 004 has been conducted to incorporate additional security security assessments, utilising built in contingency as per the call-off contract. This variation is totalled at \u00a38,480.00 excluding VAT. ***\r\n\r\n***Variation 005 has been conducted to incorporate additional testing services, utilising built in contingency as per the call-off contract. This variation is totalled at \u00a347,260.00 excluding VAT. ***\r\n\r\n***As per Contract Variation 006 the new contract value is \u00a3218,280.00. excluding VAT. ***\r\n\r\n***Variation 007 has been conducted to incorporate additional testing services, utilising built in contingency as per the call-off contract. This variation is totalled at \u00a34,400.00 excluding VAT. The new contract value is \u00a3222,680.00. excluding VAT ***",
  "questionnaire_evidence": [],
  "reference": "792d1f23-b4d2-4138-94a1-8f3a9c0c5f54-916920",
  "registration_evidence": [],
  "relevance_evidence": {
    "SOFTWARE_DELIVERY": [
      "software development"
    ]
  },
  "requirement_items": "",
  "selection_requirements": [],
  "sme_suitability": [
    {
      "sme": true,
      "vcse": false
    }
  ],
  "submission_method": "UNKNOWN",
  "value_excluding_vat": null,
  "value_including_vat": null,
  "value_minimum": null,
  "value_scope": "TOTAL_NOTICE_NOT_PURA_ADDRESSABLE",
  "vat_basis": "VAT basis not explicit in release"
}

Commercial inferences

[
  {
    "basis": {
      "SOFTWARE_DELIVERY": [
        "software development"
      ]
    },
    "type": "HIDDEN_ADDRESSABLE_ELEMENT"
  }
]

Unknowns

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Possible services

[
  {
    "confidence": "MEDIUM",
    "rationale": "software development",
    "service": "SOFTWARE_DELIVERY"
  }
]

Provenance

{
  "licence": "http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "ocid": "ocds-b5fd17-02ab3ede-3735-4f6d-a280-5b5eea766387",
  "release_id": "792d1f23-b4d2-4138-94a1-8f3a9c0c5f54-916920"
}

Related signals

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