Physical and Personnel Security Assessment for Uk Tender - 146571476

Procurement Summary

Country: United Kingdom

Summary: Physical and Personnel Security Assessment for Uk Telecoms

Deadline: 18 Aug 2026

Posting Date: 05 Aug 2026

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Notice Type: Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 146571476

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Competition: ICB

Financier: Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership: Public

Tender Value: Refer Document

CPV Classification

32412100 - Telecommunications network
79710000 - Security services

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Tender Details

The UK's public telecommunications networks are a critical national infrastructure (CNI) subsector, underpinning the functioning of every other CNI sector, the digital economy, and essential public services, for which the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is the lead government department. Their continued availability, integrity and confidentiality are fundamental to national security, economic resilience, and the everyday lives of UK citizens and businesses. Telecoms operators manage complex, large-scale, geographically distributed systems, including exchanges, data centres, transmission sites and access network assets, which are increasingly attractive targets for hostile state and state-aligned actors seeking to disrupt, degrade or exploit UK infrastructure. Physical compromise and insider threat are significant attack vectors that hostile actors could seek to exploit. Strengthening physical and personnel security across the sector is therefore a priority area of work for DCMS. This Request for Information (RFI) is issued solely for preliminary market engagement purposes and does not constitute a call for competition, tender or contract opportunity. The Authority is seeking information to better understand market capability, capacity, security accreditation requirements and delivery approaches. Participation in this RFI will not confer any advantage or disadvantage in any future procurement process. DSIT is exploring options for obtaining specialist...

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