Provision of Physical Security Intrusion Testing Services

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.