RFP Cyber Assurance Program
Tender Overview
About this tender
Overview The University of Adelaide is seeking a strategic cyber security assurance partner to design, implement and operate a risk-based Cyber Assurance Program under a managed service arrangement. About Adelaide University is a leading contemporary comprehensive university of global standing, dedicated to addressing educational inequality through the success and impact of its students, staff and alumni, and to conducting outstanding future-making research in partnership with the communities it serves. Scope The scope includes: Governance of the Cyber Assurance Program Development of an assurance methodology Annual planning and prioritisation of assurance activities Reporting on assurance activities and outcomes Continuous improvement of the Cyber Assurance Program Establishment of a fixed-price Cyber Assurance Service Catalogue through which assurance activities may be commissioned Instructions to Tenderers Enquiries must be directed via the online forum in TenderLink. The online forum will be open for enquiries until 2pm ACDT on Monday 2 November 2026. Staff of the University are unable to respond to verbal enquiries in relation to the tender. Completed responses must be submitted via the electronic tender box on the TenderLink portal. Tenderers will receive a Successful Submission Receipt timed and dated upon completion. The University is not bound to accept the lowest priced Proposal, or all or any part of a Proposal, and reserves the right to conduct the Request for Proposal process and select the successful tenderer as it sees fit.
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