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Con_26040 - Data Testing Services

Department for Education
Selective procedure
10 March 2025 to 9 March 2027

Provision of specialist quality assurance testing for existing and new digital data solutions. The scope includes supporting data capture, ingestion, management, production, and service sharing across the department's data landscape.

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Awarded value: £10.4m; As published
Published: 18 March 2025; Contracts Finder
Awarded: 24 February 2025; Qualitest Group
Contract length: 24 months; Ends 9 March 2027

What the buyer is asking for

Provision of specialist quality assurance and software testing services to support the development and maintenance of digital data solutions.

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

Lifecycle

Publishedon Contracts Finder
18 March 2025
Contract awardedto Qualitest Group
24 February 2025
Contract starts
10 March 2025
Contract ends
9 March 2027

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How it compares

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

Cite this contract

Link: https://bidskim.com/tender/67206/con-26040-data-testing-services
Buyer reference: tender_470678/1462208
Open contracting ID: ocds-b5fd17-360062de-00d1-49fd-b82b-4e40361b90f4
Source: Contracts Finder
Last checked: 12 October 2026

Department for Education. Con_26040 - Data Testing Services. Contract award, 18 March 2025. BidSkim, https://bidskim.com/tender/67206/con-26040-data-testing-services (accessed 12 October 2026).