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Apprenticeships Digital Development, Testing and Architecture - DfE

Department for Education

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: Department for Education

Buyer Address: Department for Education, Commercial Delivery Team Commercial Directorate, Operations Group Level 3, Bishopsgate House, Darlington, DL1 5QE, England

Contact Email: commercial.ddat@education.gov.uk

Status
complete
Procedure
selective
Value
12500000.0 GBP
Published
06 Jan 2026, 11:01
Deadline
02 Oct 2025, 15:00
Contract Start
01 Jan 2026, 00:00
Contract End
31 Dec 2027, 23:59
Category
services
CPV
72222300 - Information technology services
Region
n/a
Awarded To
Talent international UK Limited
Official Source
Open Contracts Finder

Description

Apprenticeship Service require agile digital development, testing and solution/technical architecture capability services to support development of GDS compliant digital services users to support development and live running of the service.

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