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Published 11 Dec 2025, 13:57 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Network detection and response (NDR) solution

Official notice

Authority: Victoria and Albert Museum (Central government)

Direct award
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: London (UKI)
Awarded value£167,774published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 9 Dec 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Darktrace Holdings Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

We have renewed and expanded our current NDR implementation to include the new East London sites of V&A East Storehouse and V&A East Museum and to ensure our cybersecurity protections cover our entire network of sites.

NDR is crucial for modern cybersecurity as it helps identify, respond to, and mitigate sophisticated cyber threats that traditional security measures may overlook. It can identify anomalous activities that may indicate cyber threats, such as malware, insider threats, or lateral movement within the network.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: London
72212732 Data security software development services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
11 Dec 2025, 13:57 GMT
Last source update
8 Jan 2026, 16:40 GMT
Authority reference
VA/CON/F25/50
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-001610
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
London (UKI)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f3e8 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons; Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
Published justification

Justification as set out in the related Transparency Notice

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

22 Dec 2025 → 8 Jan 2026 · 2 dates
  1. Standstill ends308 days ago
    22 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
  2. Notice published291 days ago
    8 Jan 2026, 16:40 GMT

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Dec 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    11 Dec 2025, 13:57 GMT
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    11 Dec 2025, 17:13 GMT
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    23 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled
  4. Contract details notice published
    8 Jan 2026, 16:40 GMT
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £167,7741 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 23 Dec 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Darktrace Holdings Limited1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2028Options: Option to add or remove parts of the V&A network by means of a contract variation.£167,7749 Dec 2025Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 1 · Darktrace Holdings Limited

    Signed
    23 Dec 2025
    Value
    £167,774
    Period
    1 Apr 2026 – 31 Mar 2028
    Status
    active
    Options
    Option to add or remove parts of the V&A network by means of a contract variation.

    No agreed KPIs: Contract value is below the threshold

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Victoria and Albert Museum

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PQLN-4536-WVGN Cromwell Road, London, London, SW7 2RLContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • DARKTRACE HOLDINGS LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 08562035GB-PPON: PCRL-6218-RCNL Maurice Wilkes Building St John's Innovation Park, Cambridge, East of England, CB4 0DSContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender