Tender · Netherlands
Computer Assisted eXercise (CAX) Cybernet — Dutch MoD cyber training framework
Ministerie van Defensie · published 29 Jul 2026 · · Source ↗
Deadline19 Aug 2026 2 days left
Budget / value€1.8m
estimated value (procedure): EUR 1,800,000
Statusopen
Consortiumnot required
CPV80550000
Why it matters
Recurring annual Dutch MoD cyber-range exercise contract coming off an expiring incumbent framework, awarded to a single supplier. Relevant to cyber-range and exercise-design firms (red/blue team training, synthetic environments) able to work with NL MoD security requirements.
Do this: If you run cyber ranges or exercise design, download the Aanbestedingsleidraad and Annex 3 requirements from the TED notice and submit a bid by 19 August 2026.
Route: direct bid · For: Established SME suppliers & subsystem makersBD / bid leads at defence-tech scale-ups
Summary
The Netherlands Ministry of Defence is tendering a single framework agreement for the annual Computer Assisted eXercise (CAX) Cybernet: designing, facilitating and evaluating a scenario-based cyber exercise in a virtual environment training defensive and offensive cyber skills. The tender follows expiry of the current framework agreement. Estimated value EUR 1.8m; open EU procedure with bids due 19 August 2026.
Eligibility
Open EU procedure; one framework agreement with one contractor
Source text (raw, may be non-English)
De opdracht betreft het opzetten, begeleiden en evalueren van een CAX oefening in een virtuele omgeving, waarin door middel van scenario’s defensieve en offensieve cyber-skills worden getraind. Samenvattend: het verzorgen van de jaarlijkse Computer Assisted eXercise (CAX) Cybernet oefening. Deze aanbesteding is het gevolg van het aflopen van de huidige Raamovereenkomst. Deze Europese openbare aanbesteding heeft tot doel het sluiten van één raamovereenkomst met één Opdrachtnemer voor het uitvoeren van diensten. Voor een uitvoerige beschrijving van de opdracht wordt verwezen naar het Programma van eisen als opgenomen in de Bijlage 3 van deze Aanbestedingsleidraad.
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Source: Tenders Electronic Daily © European Union, reused under EU open data policy. Notice 522755-2026. Enrichment: anthropic/claude-opus-5 (confidence 90%).