# Infrastructure and Platforms - Infrastructure Services

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Department for Education](/buyers/department-for-education/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [UBDS IT Consulting Limited](/contract-winners/ubds-it-consulting/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £6,900,000
- Tender value: £6,900,000
- Award date: 17 November 2025
- Published: 4 December 2025
- Contract start: 17 November 2025
- Contract end: 16 November 2027
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 4c8401d4-5ba8-4b6c-b525-e793d4500ee1-874669
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-63704e66-7829-4a30-8142-70b201236f7a

## Description

This contract will provide Infrastructure capability and expertise for a broad range of projects in the Department for Education \(DfE, the Buyer\), across multiple alpha, beta and live Developments\. Infrastructure & Platforms \(I&P\) Infrastructure Services \(IS\) runs several pre-defined, outcome based, small to medium sized projects and programmes designed to improve the service provided to the Department each year\. On occasion, I&P IS also runs un-planned projects, responding to urgent un-anticipated departmental demand\. This contract will mainly be used by the Infrastructure and Platforms team in the DfE but can also be used by any digital, data and technology \(DDT\) delivery portfolio or enabling team, and \(with agreement\) other DfE teams, at short notice, to support immediate Development outcome requirements\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4c8401d4-5ba8-4b6c-b525-e793d4500ee1-874669)