Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2022-02-28
Buyer: Banca Nationala a Romaniei
Country: RO
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72820000: Computer testing services
Estimated value: 600000 EUR
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Achizitie comuna/ Joint Procurement: Teste de penetrare infrastructura informatica / Supply of IT Security Assessment Services: Penetration Testing / IT Security Assessment Services according to the TIBER-EU framework
Malta Financial Services Authority, Triq l-Imdina, Zone 1, Central Business District, Birkirkara, Malta
Other institutions, having the right to participate in EPCO’s activities (according to Decision ECB/2008/17 as amended), which did not express an interest in this procedure before the publication of the contract notice in the OJEU will also have the possibility to join the Framework Agreements - if they wish so - before its expiry. The identity of EPCO members may be consulted on EPCO's website: https://epco.lu/.
The objective of the current joint tender procedure is to contract the services for identifying the cybersecurity risks and for guidance to take appropriate technical and organizational measures to minimize those risks within current and future EPCO members of the ESCB.
To cover a wider scope, according to the testing methodology, the National Bank of Romania identified three lots for the joint tender procedure:
•	Lot no. 1 - IT Security Assessment Services in line with the latest Regular Penetration Testing Execution Standards;
Each lot will result in a framework agreement with the following characteristics: multi-supplier framework agreement (max 5), with reopening the competition. For all Participating Institutions, except NBR, this Framework Agreement shall be non-exclusive, meaning that these Participating Institutions will not have obligation to award assignments to the Contractor according to this Framework Agreement for the purchase of IT Security Assessment Services with the Contractor. For NBR this Framework Agreement shall be exclusive, meaning that during the term of this Framework Agreement NBR will have the obligation to fulfill its needs for IT Security Assessment Services through this Framework Agreement by concluding Further Agreements with the Contractors.
All current and future EPCO member central banks are together potential beneficiaries of the Framework Agreements, which the Participating Institutions will implement via reopening of the competition (mini-competition) among the Contractors. Each Participating Institution shall be entitled to describe its specific needs regarding the IT Security Assessment Services (the IT infrastructure that needs to be tested), apply its own offers evaluation methodology, and quality/price weighting within the terms of the Framework Agreement to assign the Further Agreements.
Deadline for requesting clarifications to the award documentation: 16 days before the deadline for submission of offers
Date of response to all requests for clarification: 11 days before the deadline for submission of offers
The IT infrastructure of the NBR (as well as that of the other participating institutions), as it is implemented at the time of the tests, available to both internal and external customers is within the purpose of these tests. The IT infrastructure contains the components required to operate and manage the IT environments.
These components include hardware, software, networking components, an operating system (OS), and data storage, all of which are used to deliver IT services and solutions.
The main objective is to identify the Participating Institution's cybersecurity risks and to take appropriate technical and organizational measures to minimize/mitigate those risks.
-	Identify the external exposure in terms of surface attack and determine if the implemented security controls ensure appropriate protection against malicious actors;
-	Measure the level of responsiveness and capability to identify and react against a cyber-attack targeted to the weakness points;


Winner: Atos Convergence Creators SRL
Award value: 600000
Number of bids: 4