# Homes England - Data Platform Improvement project \(G-Cloud14 Lot3\)

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by Homes England.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [Homes England](/buyers/homes-england/contract-awards)
- Supplier: Manuka AI
- Award value: £555,000
- Tender value: £555,000
- Award date: 28 May 2026
- Published: 11 June 2026
- Contract start: 29 May 2026
- Contract end: 29 May 2028
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 3bb328c6-a840-430c-be79-9298e9ce195b-901629
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-e77914e6-b010-408c-8034-09d6ac7f05d1

## Description

The Agency's Data Platform built on Azure Databricks in 2019-20, requires improvements to support its expanded use for production grade data management, decision support and analytics\. The services are outcome-based and project-driven, intended to improve the operational reliability, DevOps/DataOps maturity, and architectural robustness of the Authority's enterprise Azure-based data platform\. Strategic objectives behind this contract are: - Improve operational reliability and platform resilience\. - Enable multi-developer DevOps workflows across Sandbox, Dev, Pre-Prod, and Production\. - Standardise Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform\. - Implement structured CI/CD using Azure DevOps\. - Strengthen DataOps governance and controlled data promotion\. - Reduce configuration drift and production risk\. - Increase integration with GIS and other agency data systems\. - expand support for Data Science, AI and handling unstructured data at scale\. Option to extend: 2 x 12 Months

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3bb328c6-a840-430c-be79-9298e9ce195b-901629)