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Provision of Penetration Testing Services for the Department for Transport

Issued by Department for Transport · via UK Find a Tender Service

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Published
29 Oct 2026
Reference
ocds-h6vhtk-079400
Location
United Kingdom
Sector
IT & Telecom
Type
services

At a glance

Department for Transport in United Kingdom has published a request for information in it & telecom: “Provision of Penetration Testing Services for the Department for Transport”. The notice does not state a closing date, so confirm the timetable on the official portal. Quote reference ocds-h6vhtk-079400 in any correspondence with the buyer. FreeTender has recorded 15 notices from this buyer since 2026, 10 of them currently open. There are 227 open it & telecom notices in United Kingdom on FreeTender. Bids are submitted to the buyer through UK Find a Tender Service, not through FreeTender.

Details

Department for Transport (DfT) requires a Contract for the provision of Penetration Testing Services for DfT's Digital Systems and hardware to provide security assurance and remediation advice to address any security vulnerabilities found. DfT is particularly keen on the inclusion of an automated testing solution to supplement manual testing and is keen to understand the market capability in regard to this.

This notice has closed — what to do next

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