Awarded contract

National Cyber Incident Response Retainer

Details

Value
£141,000
Topic
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Published
7 January 2026

Tender description

The National Cyber Incident Response (CIR) Retainer, managed by NSS’s Cyber Centre of Excellence (CCoE), is designed to help contain cyber threats and protect critical national systems during a cyber incident. The service provides expert support in the event of an attack—whether it affects a single NHS Board, multiple Boards, or shared digital systems. Given the interconnected nature of NHS Scotland services, it is essential to prevent threats from spreading across systems. Lot 1: Several options were considered for the route to market. However, given the project timelines and the specific requirements outlined in the ITT, the Digital Technology and Cyber Services Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) – Lot 4: Cyber Security Services was identified as the most suitable procurement route. Contract Length: The proposal was made for 12 (+12+12) months.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date24 November 2025
  2. Completed: Award published7 January 2026
    Current notice

About the buyer

NHS National Services Scotland is a national healthcare body serving NHS Scotland, and its National Procurement arm is Scotland's largest procurement organisation. Tenders are advertised on Public Contracts Scotland under the buyer name Common Services Agency. Suppliers apply for those tenders to get onto a national framework. Each contract record on the register names the framework, its dates, the winning suppliers and the National Procurement contract owner. The National Distribution Service then delivers stock to hospital wards and community centres across NHS Scotland. Innovative products can be submitted through an online innovation portal.

UK health spending has nearly quadrupled to £241.8bn in 2024/25, £20bn up on the year before. £140.6bn of that went to procurement, the biggest sector of UK public spending and the fastest-growing.

Over the past 5 years, most of NHS National Services Scotland's contract awards have been in medical equipment and pharmaceuticals, IT services and transport equipment.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 72000000 · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

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