Contract award · 15 Apr 2026

Nexus (Sonatype) Pro and Repository Firewall

FCA awarded “Nexus (Sonatype) Pro and Repository Firewall” to Softcat Ltd - Fca for £80,000 on 15 Apr 2026.

Research & developmentLondon

BuyerFCA
Value £80,000

Competition with a shortlist

Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.

Key facts

Buyer
FCA · Body governed by public law
Value
£80,000
Procedure
Call-off from a framework agreement
Sector
Research & development · Research and Development services on security and defence materials (CPV 73400000)
Region
London
Timeline
  1. Contract date15 Apr 2026
  2. Published13 Aug 2026Published 120 days after the contract date

Description

Sonatype Firewall - Purchasing 200 licences for Sonatype Repository Firewall (self-hosted) to strengthen our software supply chain by automatically detecting and blocking malicious or high-risk open-source components before they enter our repositories. It also enables quarantining of suspicious components and continuous auditing against security, licensing and quality policies to prevent non-compliant artefacts from entering the development workflows. Nexus Pro - To mitigate existing risks from critical capabilities essential for meeting our operational, security, and compliance needs, to improving resilience and RBAC controls.

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