Official UK procurement notice
Technical DevOps services for DWP Tech Debt register
Authority: Department for Work & Pensions (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTech Debt register Dev Ops services
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 17 Jul 2026, 16:57 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Jul 2026, 17:19 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-067997- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ce47Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
For Clarity and avoidance of doubt:<br/>This Contract was published on Contracts finder and is being reproduced on FTS in order to publish a Reg 72 PCR2015 modification to it.<br/>link: www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/48568dba-d44e… ↗<br/><br/><br/>The reason that 'award with no prior notice' was used here is because using any other Procedure Type required the PIN code of an F02 notice. As this was procured on a framework there was no F02 notice this option was chosen as a workaround to Atamis.
Publisher note: For Clarity and avoidance of doubt:<br/>This Contract was published on Contracts finder and is being reproduced on FTS in order to publish a Reg 72 PCR2015 modification to it.<br/>Link to original Contracts Finder Notice: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/48568dba-d44e-4fff-8606-4ec01848671a
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
1 Apr 2025 → 17 Jul 2026 · 2 dates- Contract starts1 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST
- Notice published94 days ago17 Jul 2026, 17:19 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stadia Consulting Group LtdSME | £1,378,550 † | — | Awarded |
| Stadia Consulting Group LtdSME | £3,431,600 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 067989-2026-1 · Stadia Consulting Group LtdSME
- Signed
- 12 Mar 2025
- Value
- £1,378,550
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2027
- Status
- active
Contract 067997-2026-C8431-1 · Stadia Consulting Group LtdSME
- Signed
- 12 Mar 2025
- Value
- £3,431,600
- Period
- … – 31 Mar 2027
- Status
- active
- Change The business requires additional DevOps and technical delivery support to address an expanded technical debt backlog, which has grown beyond the original 40 items to include critical workstreams not identified at discovery. Increased complexity across DWP infrastructure, coupled with dependencies such as JML delays, SAS Viya uplift, and external DWH demand, necessitates further capability to ensure delivery of DP&O objectives and avoid programme delays.<br/>What goods/services are being purchased<br/>Additional specialist DevOps services to design, develop, test and maintain Ansible deployment playbooks and roles, enabling repeatable, secure and scalable deployments across development, test and production environments. This also includes continued support to DWH infrastructure, platform, security and reporting outcomes for the DWH‑R team.<br/>Additional supplier requirements<br/>The supplier is required to provide increased capacity and capability within the existing service scope to:<br/>• Address expanded technical debt and critical workstreams<br/>• Manage increased infrastructure complexity (pipelines, environments, deployments)<br/>• Deliver Ansible-based automation solutions<br/>• Support additional service demand from SAS Viya and external DWH dependencies<br/>These are additional services within the overall nature of the existing contract., Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire: Uplift / variation position<br/>This requirement constitutes an uplift to contract value only and does not change the scope, deliverables, service levels or contractual terms. The services remain within the original contract scope and therefore require a compliant variation (rather than a change to terms), consistent with Regulation 72 (b). No new pricing mechanisms or milestone changes are introduced
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Royal Courts of JusticeReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Stadia Consulting Group LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.