Awarded contract

Infrastructure and Platforms - Infrastructure Services

Details

Buyer: Department for Education
Supplier(s): UBDS IT Consulting Ltd
Value: £6,900,000
Duration: 2 years
Topic: Information technology services
Published: 4 December 2025
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

This contract will provide Infrastructure capability and expertise for a broad range of projects in the Department for Education (DfE, the Buyer), across multiple alpha, beta and live Developments. Infrastructure & Platforms (I&P) Infrastructure Services (IS) runs several pre-defined, outcome based, small to medium sized projects and programmes designed to improve the service provided to the Department each year. On occasion, I&P IS also runs un-planned projects, responding to urgent un-anticipated departmental demand. This contract will mainly be used by the Infrastructure and Platforms team in the DfE but can also be used by any digital, data and technology (DDT) delivery portfolio or enabling team, and (with agreement) other DfE teams, at short notice, to support immediate Development outcome requirements.

Timeline

Completed: Award date17 November 2025
Completed: Award published4 December 2025
Current notice
Next: Contract expiry date16 November 2027in 12 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. 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.

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.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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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