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AI Cyber Security Standards
Authority: DSIT
CPV: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security (79000000)
Published contract value£84,500Exc. VAT
Contract ends 31 Mar 2027
Awarded to Accenture
Contract starts 22 Jun 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionStandards are a key part of the Department for Science, Innovation and
Technology (DSIT)'s approach to securing critical and emerging technologies. To
support secure-by-design technology development and deployment, DSIT has
been supporting the development of standards across a variety of technology
areas in ETSI, including cyber security standards for AI and consumer Internet of
Things.
This contract will support DSIT's work to:
- Strengthen cyber security outcomes in technologies vital to cyber power
- Embed UK policy priorities and DSIT Codes of Practice into global
standards
- Maintain UK leadership in technical committees relevant to cyber and AI
security
The work will directly support UK growth, security, and public trust in emerging
technologies by shaping standards that influence global markets and regulatory
approaches.
Published procurement details
- Procedure
- Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
- Buyer reference
- tender_534270/1592483
- Category
- Services
- Tender status
- Complete
- Award status
- Active
- Suitable for SMEs
- Yes
- Suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises
- Yes
- Tender deadline
- Procurement method
- Selective
- Item 1: Delivery locations as published
- British Oversea Territories; Channel Islands; Europe; Isle of Man; Rest of the World; United Kingdom
Key dates
Published dates- Award decision15 Jun 2026
- Contract starts22 Jun 2026
- Notice published8 Jul 2026
- Contract ends31 Mar 2027
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
- DSITContracting authority
Suppliers named on the notice
- AccentureSupplier
- Voluntary, community or social enterprise
- No
- Business size
- Large
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
Source record
- Source
- Contracts Finder
- Notice language
- en
- Release reference
- ocds-b5fd17-aae255d8-b835-429f-a2a4-37df086349cb-2026-07-08T15:18:31+01:00
- Published
- 8 Jul 2026
- Latest update
- 8 Jul 2026
- Procedure reference
- ocds-b5fd17-aae255d8-b835-429f-a2a4-37df086349cb
- Contract reference
- ocds-b5fd17-aae255d8-b835-429f-a2a4-37df086349cb-1