Awarded contract

Provision of Penetration Testing

Details

Value
£51,000
Topic
Computer testing services
Published
23 September 2026

Tender description

Call off from Lot 4 – “Cyber Security and Resilience Services” of the Scottish Government Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the provision of Penetration Testing. Competition run via PCS-T. The purpose of this requirement is to provide independent assessment of SFRS’s ICT estate vulnerabilities and providing actionable recommendations to support continuous improvement in vulnerability management. The requirement is critical to maintaining the security and resilience of SFRS digital infrastructure and will support the organisation in: -Strengthening protection against evolving cyber threats - Improving overall cyber security maturity - Ensuring vulnerabilities are identified, prioritised, and addressed based on real world risk and exploitability Participation in this tender was restricted to suppliers that responded to the Expression of Interest under reference ITT_62970, all of whom were invited to submit a bid. Lot 1: Call off from Lot 4 – “Cyber Security and Resilience Services” of the Scottish Government Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the provision of Penetration Testing. Competition run via PCS-T. Only suppliers that responded to the expression of interest were invited to participate in this procurement.. Scotland Excel was acting on behalf of Scottish Fire and Rescue Service in the execution of this tender but will not be party to the contract or the management of the contract throughout its lifetime.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award date16 September 2026
  2. Completed: Award published23 September 2026
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About the buyer

Scottish Fire and Rescue Service is Scotland's national fire service, a blue light buyer that delivers its frontline work across three Service Delivery Areas. A professionally qualified Procurement Team manages every purchase of goods and services. A separate Property Services Team runs all works projects. Frameworks come from the Scottish Government, the Government Commercial Agency, the National Fire Chiefs Council and Scotland Excel.

Over the past 5 years, most of Scottish Fire and Rescue Service's contract awards have been in IT services, repair and maintenance and office and computing equipment.

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