The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is responsible for four sites in the United Kingdom.

As part of the Authority's quality assurance programme, it has a need to engage a supplier to conduct physical intrusion testing services for its sites and buildings.

The successful supplier will be required to provide the following aspects of this testing: • Participate in an annual pre-test planning meeting at an ONS Site. • Attempt to gain access to each site, building and internal spaces using non-destructive measures. • Attention paid to all access and egress points including loading/delivery areas. • Access attempts are to include use of counterfeit ID passes, "stolen" ID Passes (provided by ONS) and without passes. • Attempting to gain access to any computer frame, communications or server room within the buildings using non-destructive measures. • Attempting to wander the internal office spaces and corridors without being challenged. • Identifying and recording insecure and unattended computers/laptops. • Identifying and recording insecure combination cabinets, safes and cupboards. • Identifying, where possible persons who enable access through security gates, barriers and doors without challenge. • Collect evidence, where appropriate to support identified vulnerabilities • Produce a report summarising their activity, detailing individual identified weaknesses and making recommendations to remediate those weaknesses. • Present a testing debrief and summary of the report to ONS Chief Security Officer Periodicity: Annually over the period of the contract.

Pre-Test Co-ordination: The eventual supplier will be required to arrange each test in advance through the Physical Security Manager.

We anticipate that the contract will run for a period of 3 years from 24/09/2018 - 31/12/2021.

The provisional procurement timetable is as follows but please note that this may be subject to change: • Publish tender: 30th July • Bidder site visits Newport and London: 13th and 14th August • Bidder site visits Titchfield and Christchurch: 22nd or 23rd August (both sites in one day) • Tender deadline: 7th September • Tender evaluation: 10th - 14th September • Award contract: w/c 17th September The tender will be published via ONS' e-tendering portal, In-Tend.

Only responses received via In-Tend will be accepted.

If you are interested in this opportunity and would like to bid, please register on In-Tend via the link below: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/ons/aspx/Home Please inform Jessica Payne once you have registered.

We will then attach your organisation to the Project so that you are automatically notified when the tender is published.