# Testing Driven Development

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Care Quality Commission](/buyers/care-quality-commission/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: QA Consulting Services Ltd
- Award value: £70,000
- Tender value: £70,000
- Award date: 2 January 2017
- Published: 13 July 2018
- Contract start: 30 January 2018
- Contract end: 30 July 2018
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 4f490779-9876-4f4f-830b-42e9e7186283-228780
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-1b301666-f9f6-466e-a33a-823ceed4be0f

## Description

Consultancy firm to help CQC create a testing strategy for digital deliverables which will enable the CQC strategy "shaping our future" be delivered\. This work will enable CQC to deliver new Digital services and intelligence led regulation with low risk and at pace\. End of project testing in a waterfall delivery mechanism used at present has proven to be unsuccessful and new approaches are required as CQC moves to an agile delivery model supported through test first strategies, continuous integration and rapid, automated deployments\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4f490779-9876-4f4f-830b-42e9e7186283-228780)