# Reference Data Service > Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources. ## Key facts - Public buyer: [Department for Work and Pensions](/buyers/department-for-work-and-pensions/contract-awards) - Contract winner: [Cognizant Worldwide Limited](/contract-winners/cognizant-worldwide/public-sector-contract-awards) - Award value: £913,500 - Tender value: £1,163,500 - Award date: 2 May 2024 - Published: 20 June 2024 - Contract start: 6 May 2024 - Contract end: 3 May 2026 - Stage: awarded - Procurement category: works - Notice ID: a80c928a-e122-4d0d-96ea-4d5515575407-760914 - OCID: ocds-b5fd17-ae1d87ea-af3c-46f4-a6c1-60ba01e16e76 ## Description Provision of resources for delivery of the Beta phase for the Reference Data Service \(RDS\), which is a component of the Application Reference Architecture ARA\. The ARA is a collection of reusable "micro services" handling citizen information which are connected via events and APIs to provide a seamless journey for DWP's Customers\. ## Related contract awards - [Independent Review of Operational Contract Management \(OCM\)](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-5bcc951a-1cb2-486c-b803-6feccf2b651d): Department for Work and Pensions - [Laptop Device Call Off 2026](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-29e6bc84-f6d7-49d4-b0f9-5b33db9776b1): Department for Work and Pensions - [Workplace Services - Security Guarding](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-dbf08388-854d-42f1-8044-b1023c5d750e): Department For Work and Pensions - [Quality Assurance Testing \(QAT\) services](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-eae39206-d649-45d7-89b6-50d9388d1e2e): Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs - [DDaT MBTP Caseworking Enablers](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-53f0b0a4-ce52-48e8-ac0b-10792fa3cc2c): Home Office - [Workplace Health and Disability Support Offer - Universal Inclusion Discovery](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-a8ddd8ed-c18f-4c73-9b32-d418eb002503): Cognizant Worldwide Limited ## Source [View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a80c928a-e122-4d0d-96ea-4d5515575407-760914)