PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

Cyber Incident Response Retainer

How to read contract values: notice stages, dates and worked examples

THE GREATER MANCHESTER COMBINED AUTHORITY · published 4 Nov 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 ID9e080640-06d5-4999-8e7c-d9867aaae2cf-920571
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-fd081b2b-b169-4055-a72a-0820a7968982
Buyer identifierGB-SRS-supplierregistration.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/DyTN57AZ
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

A tender estimate and an award value answer different questions. Neither is treated as cash paid.

Award value
£92,000
award field
Tender value
£92,000
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a framework agreement
Category
services
CPV
72212710
Backup or recovery software development services
Delivery
Not stated
M1 6EU
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

In the event of a cyber-attack, GMCA would require immediate external incident response support. We currently lack some internal expertise and therefore have an ongoing need for outsourced support.

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

Reported dates, without an invented lifecycle.

The current projection contains one award release, not a verified chain of planning, tender, award, contract and modification records. Dates are shown in source-field order and are not silently repaired.

Source-date conflictAt least one reported end date precedes its corresponding start date. Check the official notice before using the schedule.
  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release4 Nov 2026
  2. 02Tender period startsTender-period field as published13 Jan 2027
  3. 03Tender period endsTender-period field as published13 Oct 2026End precedes start · verify
  4. 04Contract startsContract-period field as published13 Jan 2027
  5. 05Contract endsContract-period field as published12 Jan 2030
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

Published names and exact identifiers

A company profile appears only when this release carries a usable company number. Name-only suppliers remain name-only.

SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 4 Nov 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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