# Digitalisation and Cyber-Security: The long term implications for the UK Upstream Oil Sector

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED](/buyers/uk-shared-business-services-limited/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [PA CONSULTING SERVICES LIMITED](/contract-winners/pa-consulting-services/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £49,950
- Tender value: £49,950
- Award date: 23 January 2020
- Published: 27 March 2020
- Contract start: 24 January 2020
- Contract end: 31 March 2020
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: c848b228-a97a-4e46-86b0-3b8e5c6b7ec9-352050
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-19dbc66d-4977-4364-bfd4-e24cdf021899

## Description

\*\*\*Please note this is an award notice, not a call for competition\*\*\* The Energy Cyber Security \(ECS\) Team at the UK's Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy \(BEIS\) is seeking to appoint a third party to conduct a review of digitalisation of the UK's upstream oil and gas sector, and how this is interacting with industry's growing requirement to ensure cyber security\. Through dialogue with a representative cross-section of operators, vendors and experts within the sector, the winning bidder will develop an understanding of the security challenges facing the UK oil and gas sector regarding the use of novel digital technologies to improve operations, as well as an understanding of how these challenges might impact the deployment of novel technologies\. This procurement was undertaken via mini competition on Lot 7 \(Infrastructure\) of CCS RM3745 Management Consultancy framework agreement\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c848b228-a97a-4e46-86b0-3b8e5c6b7ec9-352050)