Contracts Finder notice
con_27825-IT Health Check Services
Authority: Department for Education
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support (72000000)
Published contract value£2,000,000Exc. VAT
Contract ends 14 Jul 2027
Awarded to Forfend Information Security Limited
Contract starts 14 Jul 2025
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis contract will deliver comprehensive IT Health Check (ITHC) and Penetration Testing services to strengthen the security of the Department for Education's digital infrastructure.
Published procurement details
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Buyer reference
- tender_421261/1498595
- Category
- Services
- Tender status
- Complete
- Award status
- Active
- Suitable for SMEs
- Yes
- Suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises
- No
- 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 decision9 Jul 2025
- Contract starts14 Jul 2025
- Notice published12 Aug 2025
- Contract ends14 Jul 2027
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
- Department for EducationContracting authority
Suppliers named on the notice
- Forfend Information Security LimitedSupplier
- Identifier
- 14029418 · GB-COH
- Voluntary, community or social enterprise
- No
- Business size
- SME
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-b5fd17-9b7e63d0-1a46-4ef3-a62b-6962a8be8154-2025-08-12T14:44:56+01:00
- Published
- 12 Aug 2025
- Latest update
- 12 Aug 2025
- Procedure reference
- ocds-b5fd17-9b7e63d0-1a46-4ef3-a62b-6962a8be8154
- Contract reference
- ocds-b5fd17-9b7e63d0-1a46-4ef3-a62b-6962a8be8154-1