Data Capability Migration

Department for Work and Pensions
North West
Selective procedure
15 September 2025 to 12 March 2027

The contract involves the discovery, testing, and publication of data rules and models to facilitate the migration of information from legacy systems to new supporting platforms. The work focuses on technical data architecture and integration to ensure business continuity during the transition to modernised IT infrastructure.

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Awarded value: £6.5m; As published
Published: 2 October 2025; Contracts Finder
Awarded: 15 September 2025; Scott Logic Ltd
Contract length: 18 months; Ends 12 March 2027

What the buyer is asking for

Provision of specialist data migration, modelling, and software engineering services to support the transition from legacy systems to modern platforms.

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

Lifecycle

Publishedon Contracts Finder
2 October 2025
Contract awardedto Scott Logic Ltd
15 September 2025
Contract starts
15 September 2025
Contract ends
12 March 2027

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The buyer

Type: Other public body
Data migration contracts, 24 months: 1
Open data migration tenders: 0
Typical data migration contract: £6.5m

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How it compares

66× the typical data migration contract (£98k).

Cite this contract

Link: https://bidskim.com/tender/6421/data-capability-migration
Buyer reference: CF-0003000DQH00000FUqLV2A1
Open contracting ID: ocds-b5fd17-051b2d80-73a8-414d-abfe-765f730bf9b3
Source: Contracts Finder
Last checked: 12 October 2026

Department for Work and Pensions. Data Capability Migration. Contract award, 2 October 2025. BidSkim, https://bidskim.com/tender/6421/data-capability-migration (accessed 12 October 2026).