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Funding Service - "Run and Refine" Contract

Department for Education · published 23 Jun 2025. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

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Contracts Finder release ID0e009b8c-204c-4412-85c7-e093213a14ed-850972
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-d793ea45-721a-47e1-a312-29aa5f11186f
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-156924
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

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Award value
£18,267,364
award field
Tender value
£18,267,364
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a framework agreement
Category
services
CPV
72222300
Information technology services
Delivery
Not stated
CV1 2WT
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

The contract will establish a single Supplier Contract for the purchase of digital delivery capabilities to Run and Refine the Funding Service which is a group of digital products relating to the ESFA and DfE's Funding offering to education providers. The Supplier shall: - Develop the Funding Service - Create a sustainable BAU service - Test, run and fix the Funding Service - Update the service and work operationally - Provide DevOps services

Tender statuscomplete
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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release23 Jun 2025
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published17 Feb 2025
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published30 Jun 2025
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published30 Jun 2027
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

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Cognizant Worldwide

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SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 23 Jun 2025 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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