Development and Live Support of the DWP Digital Children's Platform
Department for Work and PensionsEstimated Value
Up to £36,000,000
Deadline
3 April 2018
Published
7 February 2019
Type
services
Overview
In accordance with its strategic objective the Buyer intends to operate with a mixed delivery model consisting of both a core team which will be supplemented by supplier Digital teams delivering service outcomes. The Call-Off Contract will provide flexible capacity and capability to support the Buyer by providing Digital teams that comprise of technical specialists and can deliver outcomes in the areas of: Development services necessary to satisfy the requirements for application development/change/repair across a series of releases; Live Support services necessary to satisfy the requirements for a stable performant production application services.
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- 1
IBM UK Ltd
2 contracts wonlatest 29 Sept 2025£23m
total awarded
- 2
IBM United Kingdom Limited
1 contract wonlatest 20 Aug 2026ends 19 Aug 2028£3m
total awarded
- 3
Trustmarque Solutions Limited
1 contract wonlatest 12 Jun 2026ends 14 Mar 2031£18m
total awarded
- 4
Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL, UK Branch
1 contract wonlatest 1 Jun 2026ends 30 Nov 2027£3m
total awarded
- 5
Cognizant Worldwide Ltd.
1 contract wonlatest 3 Apr 2025£4m
total awarded
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Department For Work and PensionsKey Dates
Published
7 February 2019
Submission deadline
3 April 2018
Notice type
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