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Application Testing Service Lot 2

H M REVENUE & CUSTOMS
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23 March 2026 to 22 March 2031

The contract covers comprehensive quality assurance services including DevOps infrastructure testing and accessibility compliance testing. It supports various projects and programmes across the organisation, requiring a partner to provide technical expertise in software testing methodologies and infrastructure validation to ensure system reliability and accessibility standards are met throughout the development lifecycle.

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Awarded value: £9.6m; As published
Published: 23 March 2026; Contracts Finder
Awarded: 10 February 2026; Cognizant
Contract length: 60 months; Ends 22 March 2031

What the buyer is asking for

Provision of specialist quality assurance, DevOps infrastructure testing, and accessibility testing services for large-scale digital projects and software programmes.

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

Lifecycle

Publishedon Contracts Finder
23 March 2026
Contract awardedto Cognizant
10 February 2026
Contract starts
23 March 2026
Contract ends
22 March 2031

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The buyer

Type: Other public body
QA testing contracts, 24 months: 4
Open QA testing tenders: 0
Typical QA testing contract: £24.6m

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How it compares

101× the typical QA testing contract (£95k).

Cite this contract

Link: https://bidskim.com/tender/268866/application-testing-service-lot-2
Buyer reference: CW106565
Open contracting ID: ocds-b5fd17-d816b9b2-9c17-487c-ad2e-a77620d57eb7
Source: Contracts Finder
Last checked: 12 October 2026

H M REVENUE & CUSTOMS. Application Testing Service Lot 2. Contract award, 23 March 2026. BidSkim, https://bidskim.com/tender/268866/application-testing-service-lot-2 (accessed 12 October 2026).