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Life Chances Fund Data Platform Maintenance Service

DEPARTMENT FOR DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA & SPORT

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28 Aug 2026 at 11:37

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Summary of the contracting process

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport procured IT support services for the Life Chances Fund Data Platform. The requirement covered ongoing platform maintenance and data archive services, supporting the continued operation and preservation of the platform’s data. This is a services contract within the broad IT services, software, internet and support category (CPV 72000000). Delivery was associated with London, at the Department’s 100 Parliament Street location. The work is relevant to suppliers that maintain digital platforms, provide technical support and manage structured data archives. It also suits small and medium-sized enterprises, indicating that the requirement was accessible to businesses with focused platform support and data-management capabilities rather than only to large national IT providers.

This procurement has been awarded and the tender is complete. It used a selective procedure as a call-off from a framework agreement. The submission deadline was 28 July 2026, and the contract was awarded on that date to Xansium Consulting Limited. The awarded value was £12,000. The contract period ran from 29 July 2026 to 7 August 2026. The selected supplier was an active award recipient for the full requirement. The process therefore demonstrates a short, defined piece of platform maintenance and data archiving work procured through an existing framework route, with the outcome based on the buyer’s evaluation of suppliers under that call-off process.

For future work of this type, credible suppliers will need practical experience maintaining live data platforms and preserving or archiving data reliably. Relevant capability includes diagnosing and resolving platform issues, supporting software and internet-based services, maintaining data integrity, and handling archive processes securely and systematically. Businesses should be able to provide focused technical support over a short delivery period and work within a public-sector framework call-off route. The awarded supplier was a small or medium-sized consulting business, showing that a specialist SME can meet this buyer’s requirement without the scale of a major systems integrator. The opportunity is therefore most relevant to compact IT consultancies with platform support and data-management expertise.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Life Chances Fund Data Platform Maintenance Service

Notice Description

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) requires a supplier to provide platform maintenance and data archive services.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-d49bf496-2eb0-4176-bfdd-987c21d26db9
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/62afcb16-f0bd-490d-9b24-91afa242386d
Current Stage
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All Stages
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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
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

CPV Codes

72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£12,000 Under £100K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£12,000 Under £100K
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
28 Aug 20262 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
28 Jul 20261 months ago
Contract Period
29 Jul 2026 - 7 Aug 2026 30 days
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 DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA & SPORT
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SW1A 2BQ
Postcode Area
South West London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI35 Westminster and City of London
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
St James's
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

XANSIUM CONSULTING LIMITED

Further Information

Notice Documents

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