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OpenStage · planning

Ministry of Defence

715884522 - DOBUS Core Contract

IT ServicesCPV 72511000
Value£4.9m
Deadline
Published15 Jul 2026
RegionNationwide
Who to contact
Farai Ntengerenji
Farai.Ntengerenji100@mod.gov.uk
030 1551 7841

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£4.9mtotal contract value
median £120k
this tender£0£5.3m

This is a large award for IT Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 36,449 valued IT Services tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

Provision of the Defence Out of Bounds Update Service (DOBUS), a managed cyber security patch acquisition, assurance, hosting and distribution service for Defence.

The requirement includes the operation and maintenance of a secure and accredited platform for the acquisition, verification and distribution of software and firmware patches and updates across Defence networks.

Services include secure hosting, repository management, service desk support, out-of-hours assistance, performance reporting, governance, security compliance, change management and continuous service improvement.

The Supplier shall provide a highly available service supporting Defence systems operating at OFFICIAL and SECRET classifications, ensuring timely access to trusted patch content to support cyber resilience and vulnerability remediation across Defence.

Subject to contract approval, the Authority's intention is to award this requirement via Direct Award.

Further details will be published in due course through the UK5 Transparency Notice.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

Services include secure hosting, repository management, service

Services include secure hosting, repository management, service desk support, out-of-hours assistance, performance reporting, governance, security compliance, change management and continuous service improvement.

02

The Supplier shall provide a highly available

The Supplier shall provide a highly available service supporting Defence systems operating at OFFICIAL and SECRET classifications, ensuring timely access to trusted patch content to support cyber resilience and vulnerability remediation across Defence.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06cbff
Stage
planning · Planning
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
066797-2026
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