Published date: 4 January 2017

Last edited date: 4 January 2017

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 11 January 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

  • Market and economic research; polling and statistics - 79300000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0 to £70,000

Procurement reference

CCCC16B02

Published date

4 January 2017

Closing date

11 January 2017

Contract start date

23 January 2017

Contract end date

31 March 2017

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

- Like much of the UK's Critical National Infrastructure, the UK transport sector is a potential target for cyber-attacks. These may occur across the multitude of different systems and technologies that facilitate travel. There is scope for considerable economic and social disruption from malicious attacks, with the aviation sector in particular being a high profile and attractive target.

- While aviation industry response plans to cope with physical attacks are well understood, tested and exercised, the Authority's experience of running table top exercises with separate areas of industry indicate that response plans for cyber-attacks require further development. There is a need to understand what current and future planning looks like, and what support industry requires from government to make it more resilient to cyber-attack. In this respect the Authority invites bids to provide:
• A comprehensive report outlining the UK aviation industry's current capability and future plans to respond to a serious cyber incident, and what support is required from government. The report is to be based on consultation with key aviation industry stakeholders across the UK.
• A summary of the findings.
- The aims and objectives of the work are to:
• Inform the Authority of the state of incident response capability in the UK aviation industry, highlighting any particular weaknesses or gaps, focussing on pre-incident planning, incident response, and post-incident recovery;
• Outline the future direction of travel for response plans, and what support and advice industry requires from government, including the role it should play.

More information

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How to apply Instructions to Potential Providers:

Potential Providers must first be registered on the Crown Commercial Service e-Sourcing Suite in order to respond to the Procurement. If you have not yet registered on the e-Sourcing Suite, this can be done online at https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk by following the link 'Register for CCS e-Sourcing'.

Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so at the Invitation to Tender stage. Potential Providers should note that it could take up to 10 working days to obtain a DUNS number.
Full instructions for registration and use of the system can be found at:
http://gps.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/i-am-supplier/respond-tender

Once you have registered on the e-Sourcing Suite, you will need to express your interest by emailing ExpressionOfInterest@Crowncommercial.gov.uk [The dead line for expressing an interest in the Request for Information event is [insert time, day and date (DD/MM/YYYY)]] [Delete if not applicable (ie Open competitions)]

Your email must clearly state:
- name/reference of this procurement
- the name of the registered supplier; and
- the name and contact details

Crown Commercial Service will then process your registration and assign your organisation to the opportunity. The registered user will receive a notification email to alert them once this has been done.

It is advised however that Potential Providers register as soon as practically possible in order to receive the Invitation to Tender and have a sufficient amount of time to respond. Crown Commercial Service is not able to offer any extensions to the advertised procurement timetable.

For technical assistance on use of the e-Sourcing Suite please contact the
Helpdesk:
Freephone: 0345 010 3503
Email: supplier@Crowncommercial.gov.uk

About the buyer

Contact name

Crown Commercial Service

Address

Floor 9, The Capital Building, Old Hall Street
Liverpool
L3 9PP
England

Telephone

3450103503

Email

supplier@crowncommercial.gov.uk

Website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/crown-commercial-service