PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

CS0853 2026 Red Team Exercise

Pension Protection Fund · published 8 Oct 2026. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

Contracts Finder release ID51c1790b-5fe0-46d3-9b55-e935d1585b79-917065
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-01b23618-d711-456b-a083-221243e16c4a
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-339017
Release typeawardUpdate
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

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Award value
£194,400
award field
Tender value
£195,000
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a framework agreement
Category
services
CPV
72800000
Computer audit and testing services
Delivery
Not stated
CR0 2NA
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

A 1+1 contract via the GCA G Cloud 14 (RM1557.14) framework. The PPF requires an annual Red Team Assessment to test its cyber security controls, processes and incident response capabilities through a simulated cyber attack against both its virtual and physical estate. The 2026 assessment is scheduled to commence in October 2026.

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release8 Oct 2026
  2. 02Tender period startsTender-period field as published5 Oct 2026
  3. 03Tender period endsTender-period field as published9 Sept 2026End precedes start · verify
  4. 04Contract startsContract-period field as published5 Oct 2026
  5. 05Contract endsContract-period field as published5 Oct 2027
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

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SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 8 Oct 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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