Official UK procurement notice
UK6 - Secret and Future Delivery Manager (Core Delivery)
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDelivery of capability and the team who are delivering the Single Sign On (SSO) and MFA capabilities. This will enable the global rollout of SSO and MFA components/services/systems to MODNET Official.
Lead the implementation and optimisation of access and authentication mechanisms for enterprise and classified systems. The aim is to ensure secure and seamless identity management across the official, secret and deployed domains. The Secret & Future Delivery Manager will ensure the DIfD FBC FOC outcomes are planned, managed and delivered to time, cost, quality to release the cyber resilience Strategic Objective.
Lead the support to current Single Sign On (SSO) live services and develop further the Centre of Excellence for SSO. Enabling migration from On-Prem (pre-atlas) and deliver the new Cloud SSO (post Atlas).
CPV: General management consultancy services · Project management consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- 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
- 18 Jun 2025, 15:56 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Aug 2025, 15:43 BST
- Authority reference
DIfD 046- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-052552- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-054f4aFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Urgency; Defence Security Operational
- Published justification
This contract is essential to deliver the next stage of the DIFD programme at pace. Deep knowledge of the existing environment and future plans and priorities is essential to be able to deliver at pace. This contract is only possible route to establishing that level of knowledge and expertise by the required date, 30 June. Failing to do so would mean unacceptable delays to this critical capability for defence.
Therefore, this procurement falls within both the 'extreme and unavoidable urgency' and 'defence and security - necessary to enhance or maintain operational capability, effectiveness, readiness for action, safety or security of the armed forces' justifications for direct award in this instance.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
18 Jun 2025 → 29 Aug 2025 · 4 dates- Planning notice published18 Jun 2025, 15:56 BST
- Next notice expected23 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts30 Jun 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published29 Aug 2025, 15:43 BST
Notice history
8 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 Jun 2025- Pipeline notice published18 Jun 2025, 15:56 BSTUK1
- Transparency notice published25 Jun 2025, 15:53 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published25 Jun 2025, 16:31 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected27 Jun 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published28 Aug 2025, 10:07 BSTUK7
- Contract award notice published29 Aug 2025, 15:43 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete29 Aug 2025, 15:43 BST
- Procurement method changed29 Aug 2025, 15:43 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Erth Consultants LLPSecret and Future Delivery Manager (Core Delivery)30 Jun 2025 – 31 Mar 2026Amended: Amended procurement description to remove internal codename(s). | £186,758 | 25 Jun 2025 | Awarded |
| St Erth Consultants LLP | £186,758 †same award published again · counted once | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 2 · St Erth Consultants LLP
- Signed
- 2 Jul 2025
- Value
- £186,758
- Period
- 2 Jul 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: N/A - Below £5 million.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- St Erth Consultants LLPAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (6)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Signed contract Master Contract
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender