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# Cloud Technical Design Authority and Assurance Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cloud-technical-design-authority-and-assurance-services-ocds-h6vhtk-03d4a5). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Defra Group Commercial: "Cloud Technical Design Authority and Assurance Services". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £9,000,000. Lot information not published. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Defra Group Commercial](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/defra-group-commercial-GB-FTS-138262)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £9,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 0
- **Procurement Method:** Call-off from a framework agreement
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** Not published
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03d4a5`

## 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/cloud-technical-design-authority-and-assurance-services-ocds-h6vhtk-03d4a5#tl-md)

## Description
Technical Design Authority Services to provide assurance of end to end cloud solutions (principally, but not limited to, independent design & implementation assurance of our Digital Workplace solution, which is being delivered by an existing Tier One supplier). Governance to ensure that projects will deliver transformational business changes, using industry standards, best practices, and ensure an operational solution is delivered.

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F016247-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-06-08T09:45:30.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T17:37:51.355Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03d4a5