GB-Glasgow: Pen Testing Services - 2025-01588
Details
- Supplier(s)
- Forfend Information Security Ltd
- Value
- £150,000
- Duration
- 3 years
- Topic
- Computer audit and testing services
- Published
- 23 July 2025
- Source
- uk:contracts_finder
Tender description
Penetration testing is a method for assessing the security of an IT system by attempting to breach that system's security, using the same tools and techniques an adversary might. Within SLC it is also a method for gaining assurance in the organisation's vulnerability assessment and management processes.
Timeline
- Completed: Award date1 July 2025
- Completed: Award published23 July 2025Current notice
- Next: Contract expiry date31 March 2028in 18 months
About the buyer
Student Loans Company administers loans and grants to students across the UK as a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Education. The Commercial Services team runs procurement across the organisation. Framework agreements are the first route, particularly through Crown Commercial Service and Scottish Government procurement. Contracts above the regulated threshold are advertised on Find a Tender. Suppliers register through the Central Digital Platform to bid for covered procurements. A forward pipeline lists upcoming opportunities ahead of the largest contracts. Delivery partners have joined through a technology transformation procured by competitive tender.
Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.
Over the past 5 years, most of Student Loans Company's contract awards have been in software and information systems, IT services and business services.
Relevant CPV codes
- 72800000 · Computer audit and testing services
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@student-loans-company.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@student-loans-company.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@student-loans-company.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@student-loans-company.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@student-loans-company.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@student-loans-company.gov |
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