Official UK procurement notice
Alpha Digital Product Software Engineering Services
Authority: OAK NATIONAL ACADEMY LIMITED (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionOak 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 publishedProcedure 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
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e5dbFind a Tender
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published17 Aug 2026, 15:50 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- UMBEL WORKS LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender