How to win: Porton Industrial Automated Control System Works

About this contract

This contract is for the provision of Porton Industrial Automated Control System Works. UKHSA have a regulatory requirement to improve the Industrial Automated Control Systems (IACS) at our Porton site. This requirement will deliver a critical infrastructure upgrade to enhance the security, resilience, and operational independence of IACS supporting high containment laboratories. The key deliverables of this include: • Construction of two dedicated data centres to house IACS infrastructure; • Installation of core network infrastructure, including: o High-capacity fibre optic links between server rooms; o Copper cabling to connect IACS equipment to specific high containment labs • Preparation of readiness for the migration of primary IACS systems; and • Futureproofing to enable seamless expansion to further labs in later phases.

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £1,950,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins works work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar works contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 9 September 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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