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Published 17 Aug 2026, 15:50 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Alpha Digital Product Software Engineering Services

Official notice

Authority: OAK NATIONAL ACADEMY LIMITED (Central government)

Below threshold - limited competition
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£74,865published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 23 Jul 2026
Awarded to UMBEL WORKS LTD

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Oak National Academy is procuring software engineering services to design and develop an initial alpha digital product in collaboration with Oak's engineering teams and project sponsors.

The services include:

Developing the alpha product using Oak's established technology stack, including Next.js, React and TypeScript.

Using Oak's component library and meeting applicable Government Digital Service (GDS) accessibility standards.

Integrating with Sanity CMS and Oak infrastructure, including PostgreSQL and Vercel.

Implementing automated testing, UI testing, static analysis, code review and other engineering quality controls.

Following Oak's secure development practices and addressing identified vulnerabilities.

Implementing appropriate application logging, telemetry and monitoring.

Developing integrations with third-party services and APIs, which may include MCP services, knowledge graphs and semantic search.

Working with Oak's platform and engineering teams to ensure security, maintainability, CI/CD alignment and consistent architectural approaches.

Supporting handover of the alpha product to the Department for Education, including technical documentation, knowledge transfer and support for migration to Department for Education infrastructure.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - limited competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
17 Aug 2026, 15:50 BST
Last source update
17 Aug 2026, 15:50 BST
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-078224
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
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Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Contract details notice published
    17 Aug 2026, 15:50 BST
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £74,8651 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 23 Jul 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
UMBEL WORKS LTDSME£74,865 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 1 · UMBEL WORKS LTDSME

    Signed
    23 Jul 2026
    Value
    £74,865
    Period
    17 Aug 2026 – 28 Feb 2027
    Status
    active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

OAK NATIONAL ACADEMY LIMITED

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-COH: 14174888 · GB-PPON: PWYQ-7722-NDVX 1 Scott Place, Manchester, North West, M3 3AAContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • UMBEL WORKS LTDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 14033951GB-PPON: PZCM-2448-GNZV 3rd Floor 86-90 Paul Street, London, London, EC2A 4NEContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender