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# Alpha Digital Product Software Engineering Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/alpha-digital-product-software-engineering-services-ocds-h6vhtk-06e5db). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** OAK NATIONAL ACADEMY LIMITED: "Alpha Digital Product Software Engineering Services". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [OAK NATIONAL ACADEMY LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/oak-national-academy-limited-gov-pb1370)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - limited competition
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £74,865 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/alpha-digital-product-software-engineering-services-ocds-h6vhtk-06e5db#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-06e5db`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/alpha-digital-product-software-engineering-services-ocds-h6vhtk-06e5db#tl-md)

## 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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 72000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **UMBEL WORKS LTD**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:14033951`
  - Value: £74,865 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £74,865
  - Signed Date: 22/07/2026

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F078224-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-08-17T14:50:57.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-20T23:21:15.822Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-06e5db