con_26168-Operations & Infrastructure Group (OIG) Portfolio - Data Services

Department for Education
North East
Selective procedure
18 November 2024 to 18 November 2026

Provision of digital skills and data capabilities to support the delivery of digital outcomes within the Operations and Infrastructure Portfolio. The contract involves technical consultancy and software development services to enhance data-driven decision-making and operational efficiency across the buyer's portfolio.

Open the official notice

Awarded value: £7m; As published
Published: 26 November 2024; Contracts Finder
Awarded: 18 November 2024; Solirius Reply
Contract length: 24 months; Ends 18 November 2026

What the buyer is asking for

Provision of specialist digital consultancy and data engineering services to support large-scale infrastructure and operational digital transformation programmes.

Category: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Lifecycle

Publishedon Contracts Finder
26 November 2024
Contract awardedto Solirius Reply
18 November 2024
Contract starts
18 November 2024
Contract ends
18 November 2026

Similar data science consultancy contracts

Provision of Methodological Research ServicesOffice for National Statistics · Wales · £2m
SPOTTER ML OPS (Data Scientist Team)Ministry of Defence · £1.8m
Graph Data & AnalyticsLIVESTOCK INFORMATION LIMITED · London · £1.1m
Analytics Platform Support ServicesLancashire County Council · North West · £1m

See the data science consultancy market: prices, buyers and who wins →

The buyer

Type: Other public body
Data science consultancy contracts, 24 months: 1
Open data science consultancy tenders: 0
Typical data science consultancy contract: £7m

See everything Department for Education buys →

How it compares

98× the typical data science consultancy contract (£72k).

Cite this contract

Link: https://bidskim.com/tender/121819/con-26168-operations-and-infrastructure-group-oig-portfolio-data-services
Buyer reference: tender_471769/1429254
Open contracting ID: ocds-b5fd17-61c6f90f-9e45-4807-8e5e-f0c51a0f66be
Source: Contracts Finder
Last checked: 12 October 2026

Department for Education. con_26168-Operations & Infrastructure Group (OIG) Portfolio - Data Services. Contract award, 26 November 2024. BidSkim, https://bidskim.com/tender/121819/con-26168-operations-and-infrastructure-group-oig-portfolio-data-services (accessed 12 October 2026).