Competition with a shortlist
Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Ministry of Defence · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- Qinetiq Limited
- Value
- £2,048,725
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Sector
- IT services · System implementation planning services (CPV 72224100)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date18 Aug 2026
- Published17 Sep 2026Published 30 days after the contract date
Description
The Authority has awarded a contract for the establishment of a small team to design and establish the RAF's Crypt Key Service Centre (CKSC). The CKSC is to be established to develop the strategy and policy, business change activities and front line crypto cell support required to implement the changes how crypto is managed. This change is the largest change to the management and equipment of crypto in the last 30 years. This notice is not a request for expressions of interest. This notice publishes the contract for transparency. All redactions have been undertaken in accordance with the FOI ACT 2000 Part 2.
About the supplier
Qinetiq Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03796233).