Infrastructure and Platforms - Architecture Services
Details
- Supplier(s)
- SOLIRIUS REPLY LIMITED
- Value
- £5,500,000
- Duration
- 2 years
- Topic
- Information technology services
- Published
- 4 December 2025
- Source
- uk:contracts_finder
Tender description
This contract will provide architecture capability and expertise for a broad range of projects in the Department for Education (DfE, the Buyer), across multiple Architecture disciplines. The scope of the contract will be to provide a range of architecture capability services, to meet the needs of multiple programmes across DfE. The scope of capability covers a variety roles and role levels, as defined in the in the architecture job family of the Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework. Outcomes required from the architecture services will vary dependent on the business need. They may range from working in, for example, portfolios delivering citizen-facing services for children and families, to schools and teachers, to skills and growth. Architecture services may also be required for cross-cutting, enabling teams in DfE, such as Infrastructure and Platforms, Corporate Services and Technical Operations.
Timeline
- Completed: Award date25 November 2025
- Completed: Award published4 December 2025Current notice
- Next: Contract expiry date24 November 2027in 14 months
About the buyer
The Department for Education is a ministerial department responsible for children's services and education policy in England, procuring both for itself and its executive agencies. Requirements are advertised on the Find a Tender service, published through the department's Jaggaer etendering system. Suppliers awarded a contract must register on the Central Digital Platform. Framework purchases follow the matching Crown Commercial Service terms. Many contracts are let on standard government terms, such as Cabinet Office short-form or model services agreements. Schools and academy trusts buy separately, using framework options the department reviews and approves in advance.
Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.
Over the past 5 years, most of the Department for Education's contract awards have been in business services, construction work and education and training.
Relevant CPV codes
- 72222300 · Information technology services
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@department-for-education.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@department-for-education.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@department-for-education.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@department-for-education.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@department-for-education.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@department-for-education.gov |
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