# Provision of Crypto Services for the Air Crypt Key Service Centre

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Ministry of Defence](/buyers/ministry-of-defence/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Qinetiq Limited
- Award value: £2,048,725
- Tender value: £2,048,725
- Award date: 18 August 2026
- Published: 17 September 2026
- Contract start: 1 September 2026
- Contract end: 1 March 2028
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: f1130766-532a-401e-8ca2-466dcfdacce8-914442
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-61b14c2b-286d-4446-aa37-9e11ecf8f1d4

## Description

The Authority has awarded a contract for the establishment of a small team to design and establish the RAF's Crypt Key Service Centre \(CKSC\)\. The CKSC is to be established to develop the strategy and policy, business change activities and front line crypto cell support required to implement the changes how crypto is managed\. This change is the largest change to the management and equipment of crypto in the last 30 years\. This notice is not a request for expressions of interest\. This notice publishes the contract for transparency\. All redactions have been undertaken in accordance with the FOI ACT 2000 Part 2\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/f1130766-532a-401e-8ca2-466dcfdacce8-914442)