Awarded contract

Provision of ADS Security Test as a Service (STaaS)

Details

Value
£1,530,000
Duration
2 years
Topic
Computer audit and testing services
Published
19 December 2025

Tender description

This contract has already been awarded. Army Digital Services (ADS) requires specialist technical support to provide CHECK Certified Code Assisted Security Assessments, IT Health Checks, Product Vulnerability Security Assessments & Penetration Testing on Non-LIVE Applications on both new and in-service Applications and Infrastructure. From time-to-time ADS will also require security assessments and reports on new technologies, e.g. the use of Data Diodes and security validation of the proposed solutions. Additional information: This contract has already been awarded.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date15 December 2025
  2. Completed: Award published19 December 2025
    Current notice
  3. Next: Contract expiry date14 December 2027in 15 months

About the buyer

The Ministry of Defence is a ministerial department that runs its acquisition and procurement activity through a dedicated commercial function, led by the Director Commercial. Defence Equipment & Support buys, supports and supplies equipment such as jets, warships and armoured vehicles for the armed forces. The Defence Infrastructure Organisation plans, builds and maintains the defence estate separately from equipment procurement. Suppliers can register on the Defence Sourcing Portal, the department's end-to-end eProcurement system for contract opportunities. Many purchasing agreements sit on the MOD Framework Library, its central list of framework routes to market.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of the Ministry of Defence's contract awards have been in IT services, architectural and engineering services and repair and maintenance.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 72800000 · Computer audit and testing services

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