# Provision of a secured 'Quality Cloud' that contains technologies based on 'designing left' \(Quality

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Department For Education](/buyers/department-for-education/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: 'Quality Cloud'
- Award value: £1,500,000
- Award date: 1 March 2017
- Published: 25 January 2018
- Contract start: 1 April 2017
- Contract end: 31 March 2019
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 783e99a9-4a9d-4cca-8b40-4c73f1e99ebe-193579
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-2a111be2-36d7-42a7-8c96-9388829db7f3

## Description

Provision of a secured 'Quality Cloud' that contains technologies based on 'designing left' \(Quality Engineering\) and 'checking right' \(Quality Control\) to ensure that software and systems have 'built in' quality to meet or exceed user needs\. This service has an advanced automation layer to streamline quality activities using Continuous Delivery pipelines\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/783e99a9-4a9d-4cca-8b40-4c73f1e99ebe-193579)