# The Funding Service \(TFS\) Optimisation & Early Life Support \(ELS\)

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by UK RESEARCH & INNOVATION.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [UK RESEARCH & INNOVATION](/buyers/uk-research-innovation/contract-awards)
- Supplier: [Kerv Digital Limited](/suppliers/kerv-digital/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £7,640,599
- Tender value: £7,640,599
- Award date: 24 June 2025
- Published: 6 November 2025
- Contract start: 2 August 2025
- Contract end: 1 October 2026
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: 19689a69-762e-4c30-9ff0-4069991fd1e4-871226
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-e1cab142-5974-4769-afe5-f2d1741d6815

## Description

For this call off under the DOS 6 framework, UKRI was seeking a delivery partner to support the delivery of several functional and non-functional work packages\. The objectives are to: - Reduce Manual Processing - Enable Flexibility through Continuous Improvement - Increase Volume Throughput through Efficiency and Standardisation The delivery partner will play a key role in the end to end delivery of each work package, providing for example Development, User Centric Design and Test Assurance resources to support the UKRI delivery team\. The delivery partner must: - Adhere to Government Digital Standards \(GDS\) - Have strong experience in delivering at pace within similar organisations - Be able to demonstrate that you have appropriate controls and mechanisms in place to ensure code quality - Be familiar with working within both Waterfall and Agile Delivery Constructs

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/19689a69-762e-4c30-9ff0-4069991fd1e4-871226)