# Master Trusts IT Controls Specialist

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [The Pensions Regulator](/buyers/the-pensions-regulator/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Bridewell Consulting Limited](/contract-winners/bridewell-consulting/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £159,000
- Tender value: £159,000
- Award date: 29 June 2018
- Published: 12 July 2018
- Contract start: 16 July 2018
- Contract end: 15 January 2019
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: b05856ef-3a8f-4a41-89a5-4f0a149625b8-228074
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-179e3806-16ea-4525-a7c2-c65bd3ac2e37

## Description

The Master Trust initiative responds to the Pension Scheme Act 2017, which requires TPR to authorise and supervise all DC Master Trusts\. The Master Trust Programme is therefore a regulatory initiative that is mandated by law\. TPR must authorise master trusts schemes from October 2018\. One of the 5 authorisation criteria is that Master Trusts must have robust systems and processes, this includes controls around IT system and security of data\. This contract is to procure services to support TPR in defining it's approach to this assessment criteria and reviewing the quality of individual applications in line with this criteria\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b05856ef-3a8f-4a41-89a5-4f0a149625b8-228074)