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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

1. Title: PENETRATION TESTING
2. Awarding Authority: Queen’s University Belfast, GB. Web:
3. Contract type: Service contract
4. Description: This is a high level overview of the requirement for Penetration testing the awarding authority network – details will be scoped with supplier.
External testing
Probing of public facing entities and scanning of the firewall for exploits.
Internal Testing
Scanning of 8 data centre subnets
Infrastructure testing of the QUB network
5. CPV Code(s): 72000000, 72212730, 72212984, 72226000
6. NUTS code(s): UKN, UKN0, UKN06
7. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: Northern Ireland
Address where the work will take place : Queens University Belfast
McClay Library
10 College Park
Belfast
BT7 1LP
8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Not provided.
9. Estimated value of requirement: Maximum day rate: Maximum daily rate of £1000 to include travel and subsistence costs.
10. Closing date for applications 10.5.2019 (23:59).
11. Address to which they must be sent: For further information regarding the above contract notice please visit
12. Other information: Deadline for asking questions: Friday 3 May 2019 at 11:59pm GMT
Latest start date: Monday 22 July 2019
Expected contract length: 6 days
About the work
Who the specialist will work with : Data Security Manager and IT Systems team
What the specialist will work on: Penetration Test of QUB Infrastructure
Black box – external
White box – internal (on-premises)
Working arrangements: Expect onsite attendance for 3 days of the testing exercise
Additional information
Additional terms and conditions : Tester must be CHECK or Crest certified.
Preference will be given to supplier with Crest Infrastructure qualification.
Skills and experience
Buyers will use the essential and nice-to-have skills and experience to help them evaluate suppliers’ technical competence.
Essential skills and experience: CHECK or Crest certified
Nice-to-have skills and experience: Crest Infrastructure qualified
How suppliers will be evaluated
How many specialists to evaluate: 6
Cultural fit criteria: be able to communicate well with senior management
Assessment methods : Work history
Reference
Evaluation weighting: Technical competence
10%
Cultural fit
5%
Price
85%
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Questions asked by suppliers : No questions have been answered yet
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