Adversary Simulation (Red / Purple Team Exercises)

Official notice

Authority: NATIONAL GRID UK LIMITED (Public body)

Services

Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: UKUnited States (US)

Planned pipeline value£1,400,000pipeline notice, not a live tender

Tender notice expected 31 Oct 2023from the planned procurement notice

What is being bought

Published requirement description

National Grid are seeking vendors to perform adversary simulation exercises including red and purple team exercises. The purpose of this tender is to solicit the expertise of experienced security consultants to simulate real-word threat actors and assess the capability of our security teams to prevent, detect and respond to cyber-attacks.

We look forward to reviewing proposals from qualified vendors.

CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1National Grid is committed to maintaining a high level of security and requires a…Planned

National Grid is committed to maintaining a high level of security and requires a vendor that can provide a comprehensive and thorough evaluation of our security systems and processes. The successful vendors will have experience in performing red and purple teaming exercises against environments including cloud (Azure), OT networks, CNI, and on-premises systems including Microsoft AD and AAD, container platforms, and Linux servers.

National Grid is looking for vendors with a proven track record of delivering high-quality security services to organisations with similar security needs.

Delivery listed: UK, United States (US)

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Past planning notice
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 14 Mar 2023, 17:47 GMT
Last source update: 14 Mar 2023, 17:47 GMT
FTS notice number: 2023/S 000-007458
Classification (CPV): IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Delivery area: UKUnited States (US)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03b2dd Find a Tender

Publisher note: We use the Achilles Utilities Vendor Database (UVDB) when compiling lists of potential suppliers for our goods and services requirements. For the majority of our purchases, it is a condition of supplying to National Grid that suppliers are registered on the UVDB. We expect to release the PQQ on Achilles at the beginning of April 2023. Please ensure you are registered on Achilles and visible under the UVDB code: 2.1.23 Cyber Security Consulting or Services in order to participate in this tender. The PQQ will not be available to suppliers who are not registered on Achilles under this code. More information can be found at: https://www.nationalgrid.com/suppliers/new-suppliers https://www.achilles.com/community/uvdb/

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: 7 Apr 2023, 17:00 BST
Accepted languages: en
Participation fee: document

Timeline

14 Mar 2023 → 31 Oct 2023 · 3 dates

Notice published
14 Mar 2023, 17:47 GMT
Submission deadline
7 Apr 2023, 17:00 BST
Tender notice expected
31 Oct 2023

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice

Awards (0): No award published
Contracts (0): No contract published
Bid statistics: No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NATIONAL GRID UK LIMITED

Contracting authorityPublic bodyElectricity GB-COH: 04508773 Grand Buildings,1-3 Strand, LONDON, UK, WC2N5EHContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.