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Provision of Crypto Services for the Air Crypt Key Service Centre

Ministry of Defence · published 17 Sept 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.

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Contracts Finder release IDf1130766-532a-401e-8ca2-466dcfdacce8-914442
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-61b14c2b-286d-4446-aa37-9e11ecf8f1d4
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-217237
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

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Award value
£2,048,725
award field
Tender value
£2,048,725
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a framework agreement
Category
services
CPV
72224100
System implementation planning services
Delivery
Not stated
HP14 4UE
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

The Authority has awarded a contract for the establishment of a small team to design and establish the RAF's Crypt Key Service Centre (CKSC). The CKSC is to be established to develop the strategy and policy, business change activities and front line crypto cell support required to implement the changes how crypto is managed. This change is the largest change to the management and equipment of crypto in the last 30 years. This notice is not a request for expressions of interest. This notice publishes the contract for transparency. All redactions have been undertaken in accordance with the FOI ACT 2000 Part 2.

Tender statuscomplete
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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release17 Sept 2026
  2. 02Tender period startsTender-period field as published31 Aug 2026
  3. 03Tender period endsTender-period field as published17 Aug 2026End precedes start · verify
  4. 04Contract startsContract-period field as published31 Aug 2026
  5. 05Contract endsContract-period field as published1 Mar 2028
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Published 17 Sept 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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