Planning

National Security Science and Research (NSSR) Successor Contract

  • Department for Transport

UK3: Planned procurement notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-031814

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04edae (view related notices)

Published 12 June 2025, 11:17am



Scope

Reference

TISE3148

Description

A Single Lot Contract to deliver and manage the NSSR Programme across a range of Themes, including Programme Management Office, Cyber Security, Standards and Characterisation, Canine Detection, Resilience and Behavioural Science.

The Contract is expected to include 90 Requirements over a 4-year period with an estimated total value of £16m.

The supplier may be a single entity, consortium, or partnership with further information to be provided in the procurement documents.

Please see attached information relating to the Market Engagement Event held on 19 May 2025 at the Leonardo Royal Hotel London and Capability Indicators. The recording of the event will be published in due course

Please note that the DfT reserves the right to amend any information within this notice and to decide not to proceed with the procurement

Total value (estimated)

  • £16,000,000 excluding VAT
  • £19,200,000 including VAT

Above the relevant threshold

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 1 April 2026 to 1 April 2030
  • Possible extension to 1 April 2031
  • 5 years, 1 day

Description of possible extension:

1 year extension

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 72224000 - Project management consultancy services
  • 72226000 - System software acceptance testing consultancy services
  • 72227000 - Software integration consultancy services
  • 72228000 - Hardware integration consultancy services
  • 72246000 - Systems consultancy services
  • 72266000 - Software consultancy services
  • 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
  • 73200000 - Research and development consultancy services
  • 79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services
  • 79418000 - Procurement consultancy services
  • 73400000 - Research and Development services on security and defence materials
  • 73431000 - Test and evaluation of security equipment
  • 72212132 - Aviation test software development services
  • 60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)

Contract locations

  • UKI - London

Submission

Publication date of tender notice (estimated)

4 July 2025

Enquiry deadline

22 August 2025, 12:00pm

Tender submission deadline

5 September 2025, 12:00pm

Submission address and any special instructions

Tenders may be submitted electronically

Yes

Languages that may be used for submission

English

Award decision date (estimated)

31 October 2025


Procedure

Procedure type

Open procedure


Contracting authority

Department for Transport

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PLTC-5358-LTWZ

Great Minster House, 33 Horseferry Road

London

SW1P 4DR

United Kingdom

Region: UKI32 - Westminster

Organisation type: Public authority - central government