Notice Information
Notice Title
Quality Assurance and Testing Services RM3810 - Lot 1: QA & Testing Specialists
Notice Description
Testing Services, to support Data, Digital and Technology (DDaT) projects across the DfE. The contract will be a "Call Off" and be used as and when services are required, via individual Statements of Work" (SOW). This contract under Lot 1: QA & Testing Specialists and will ensure that there is: * Access to a flexible and cost effective pool of Test specialist professionals, bought 'as a service' and capable of delivering services across the full life-cycle of your project or design process * continuity of Testing services across DDaT * on-going reliability in the provision of testing services. * a means for individual work requests to be used to request testing specialists professional. * a means for the contracts to be managed as call-off contracts, where individual project teams will continue to be responsible for demonstrating their own business cases, arranging the appropriate spend controls and following the agreed governance & assurance frameworks to call-off any services they require to support delivery of their project(s).
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-e30da0de-7f25-4089-a1b4-7c124f77ddf4
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1e1f28d9-1ff1-45ed-8762-9cfd2c888fe9
- 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
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
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- CPV Codes
72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £2,450,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £2,450,000 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 27 Feb 20205 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 6 Sep 2019Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 24 Oct 20196 years ago
- Contract Period
- 25 Nov 2019 - 24 Nov 2022 3-4 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
- Technology Directorate, Contracts and Commercial Team
- Contact Email
- contractmanagement.techdirectorate@education.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- COVENTRY
- Postcode
- CV1 2WT
- Post Town
- Coventry
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLG West Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLG3 West Midlands
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLG33 Coventry
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Coventry
- Electoral Ward
- St Michael's
- Westminster Constituency
- Coventry South
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1e1f28d9-1ff1-45ed-8762-9cfd2c888fe9
27th February 2020 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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