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The Funding Service (TFS) Optimisation & Early Life Support (ELS)

UK RESEARCH & INNOVATION

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: UK RESEARCH & INNOVATION

Buyer Address: Polaris House, SWINDON, SN2 1FL, England

Contact Name: Laura Lewis

Contact Email: laura.lewis@ukri.org

Contact Telephone: 01235446553

Status
complete
Procedure
selective
Value
7640599.43 GBP
Published
06 Nov 2025, 16:38
Deadline
04 Jun 2025, 10:00
Contract Start
01 Aug 2025, 23:00
Contract End
01 Oct 2026, 22:59
Category
goods
CPV
72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Region
n/a
Awarded To
Kerv Digital Limited
Official Source
Open Contracts Finder

Description

For this call off under the DOS 6 framework, UKRI was seeking a delivery partner to support the delivery of several functional and non-functional work packages. The objectives are to: - Reduce Manual Processing - Enable Flexibility through Continuous Improvement - Increase Volume Throughput through Efficiency and Standardisation The delivery partner will play a key role in the end to end delivery of each work package, providing for example Development, User Centric Design and Test Assurance resources to support the UKRI delivery team. The delivery partner must: - Adhere to Government Digital Standards (GDS) - Have strong experience in delivering at pace within similar organisations - Be able to demonstrate that you have appropriate controls and mechanisms in place to ensure code quality - Be familiar with working within both Waterfall and Agile Delivery Constructs

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Opportunity Context

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