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Published 9 Feb 2026, 15:52 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

RT3-25 · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)

Direct awardDefence & security
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£117,239published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill Not publishedno call for competition
Award (standstill) to Accenture UK Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description
  • OS classification
  • Service
  • Single source, direct award using SC2 template.

Anticipated £100,000 Contract Value

Scope of work:

The scope of this requirement is summarised as follows:

Deliver a full spectrum Adversary Simulation engagement against the specified target system, participating in scoping and creating a Test Plan.

Contribute to the production and reporting of a Management and Technical Report at the end of the engagement, supplying artifacts from the exercise.

Attend and engage in a technical replay exercise to help address remediation and cyber vulnerabilities.

Provide the ability to receive, handle, store, create and issue documentation to the Authority at the OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE classification.

The provision of all resources to be/have:

UK based and no MOD data to be transmitted outside of the UK.

Red Team / Offensive Cyber qualifications or functional-competence equivalent.

All technical staff to be SC cleared.

Experience of working within Defence industry in the last 5 years.

Be practically able to conduct RT engagements at MOD and other Government sites.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

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
Defence & security
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
9 Feb 2026, 15:52 GMT
Last source update
9 Feb 2026, 15:52 GMT
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-011501
Latest notice
Transparency notice (UK5)
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-064b7d Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons; Additional Repeat Further Following Competitive Procedure
Published justification

initial scoping of RT3-25 indicated that a change in supplier would result in the MOD receiving services that are different from, and incompatible with existing REDSHOE activity, and that the difference from and incompatibility with REDSHOE would result in disproportionate technical difficulties in delivering the RT3-25 operation.

Notice history

2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 9 Feb 2026
  1. Transparency notice published
    9 Feb 2026, 15:52 GMT
    UK5
  2. Contract signature expected
    12 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value £117,2391 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Accenture UK Limited13 Feb 2026 – 31 Mar 2026£117,239—Standstill

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Ministry of Defence

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PHVX-4316-ZVGZ MOD Corsham, Westwells road, Corsham, South West, SN13 9NRContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Accenture UK limtedAwarded supplierGB-COH: 04757301 30 Fenchurch Street, London, London, EC3M 3BDContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender