Notice Information
Notice Title
Apprenticeships Digital Development, principal analysis across digital service build
Notice Description
Principal Analysis services to support the ongoing development and live operation of GDS-compliant digital services. The primary focus is to assist The Digital Apprenticeship Service to enable hundreds of thousands of employers and 1/2 million apprentices to raise skills levels, and to leverage our digital services to enable the new Growth and Skills Offer which will include a wider range of training. As the service is already live, a structured handover from incumbent suppliers will be required. Additionally, continuous knowledge transfer to permanent staff within the Department for Education (DfE) will be essential to ensure long-term sustainability and capability building.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-3aecbc5b-193f-4d74-8604-c813e9ba149d
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0a66d791-a347-4efa-b6e3-3a82a04383a5
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
-
- CPV Codes
72222300 - Information technology services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £4,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £4,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 31 Oct 20253 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 17 Jun 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 27 Oct 20253 months ago
- Contract Period
- 1 Nov 2025 - 31 Oct 2027 1-2 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- commercial.ddat@education.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- DARLINGTON
- Postcode
- DL1 5QE
- Post Town
- Darlington
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLC North East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLC3 Tees Valley
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLC33 Darlington
- Delivery Location
- TLG West Midlands (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Darlington
- Electoral Ward
- Park East
- Westminster Constituency
- Darlington
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0a66d791-a347-4efa-b6e3-3a82a04383a5
31st October 2025 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
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