Apprenticeship Services - User Centred Design, con_27830

Department for Education
Selective procedure
1 August 2025 to 31 July 2027

The contract involves the supply of digital specialists to provide user-centred design services for the Apprenticeship service. The scope focuses on delivering specific digital outcomes through the provision of professional design expertise to enhance service usability and user experience.

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Awarded value: £5.5m; As published
Published: 20 August 2025; Contracts Finder
Awarded: 31 July 2025; NOMENSA LTD
Contract length: 24 months; Ends 31 July 2027

What the buyer is asking for

Provision of user-centred design and digital specialist consultancy services to support the development and delivery of government digital services.

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

Lifecycle

Publishedon Contracts Finder
20 August 2025
Contract awardedto NOMENSA LTD
31 July 2025
Contract starts
1 August 2025
Contract ends
31 July 2027

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The buyer

Type: Other public body
Service design contracts, 24 months: 3
Open service design tenders: 0
Typical service design contract: £5.5m

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How it compares

69× the typical service design contract (£80k).

Cite this contract

Link: https://bidskim.com/tender/251259/apprenticeship-services-user-centred-design-con-27830
Buyer reference: tender_421992/1509770
Open contracting ID: ocds-b5fd17-c9c763d1-553f-4947-8ca7-c071e9050e19
Source: Contracts Finder
Last checked: 12 October 2026

Department for Education. Apprenticeship Services - User Centred Design, con_27830. Contract award, 20 August 2025. BidSkim, https://bidskim.com/tender/251259/apprenticeship-services-user-centred-design-con-27830 (accessed 12 October 2026).