Digital Product Development and Support Services

A Tender Notice
by OAK NATIONAL ACADEMY LIMITED

Source
Find a Tender
Type
Dps (Services)
Duration
not specified
Value
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Sector
TECHNOLOGY
Published
09 Sep 2025
Delivery
not specified
Deadline
22 Sep 2027 22:59

Concepts

Location

United Kingdom:

Geochart for 1 buyers and 0 suppliers

1 buyer

Description

Oak National Academy is establishing a dynamic market in accordance with section 34 of the Procurement Act 2023 and Regulation 16 of the Procurement Regulations 2024. The market will provide a compliant and flexible route for the award of contracts related to the engineering and product support, and ongoing development of the authority's national digital education platform and related tools. The dynamic market will allow for rolling supplier entry, publication of contract opportunities, and awards made via most advantageous tender (MAT) principles in accordance with sections 19 and 23 of the Act. This Dynamic Market will be structured into lots. Suppliers may apply for membership of one or more lots at any time during the market's term, subject to the relevant membership conditions. At the date of this notice, the market will be open for applications for the following lot: Lot 1 Web Development Services Scope: This lot covers the provision of specialist web development services to support the design, delivery, enhancement, and ongoing operation of Oak National Academy's digital education platform and associated tools. Suppliers appointed to this lot may be required to work on any part of Oak's core digital estate, including the main platform (www.thenational.academy), content creation tooling, and platform services. The scope includes: Full-stack development of Oak's web platform, with an emphasis on scalable, modular design patterns that enable rapid iteration of features Maintenance and enhancement of existing codebases underpinning existing live services Development of user interfaces that are responsive, inclusive, and accessible in line with current UK accessibility legislation and best practice, ensuring usability for all users, including those relying on assistive technologies Continuous improvement of performance, page load times, and reliability across high-traffic user journeys Secure engineering practices that uphold user privacy, data protection, and application resilience, in line with relevant public sector security guidance Collaborative delivery within agile multidisciplinary teams, including pairing with in-house developers, product managers, researchers, and content leads Deployment and testing within a continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) pipeline, using modern automation tools and cloud infrastructure

Lot Division

1 Web Development Services

Lot 1 Scope: This lot covers the provision of specialist web development services to support the design, delivery, enhancement, and ongoing operation of Oak National Academy's digital education platform and associated tools. Suppliers appointed to this lot may be required to work on any part of Oak's core digital estate, including the main platform (www.thenational.academy), content creation tooling, and platform services. The scope includes: … Individual contracts awarded under this lot may range from targeted feature builds to broader support and maintenance roles over a defined period. Suppliers may be required to collaborate with other digital delivery partners under Oak's delivery model
2 Lot 2

Lot 2: This "holding" Lot has been provisionally included in the Dynamic Market scope but is not yet open for applications. The detailed scope, conditions of participation, and verification methods for this Lot will be published via an update to this notice in due course. Suppliers will be able to express interest and apply for membership under this Lot only once it has been fully defined and opened. Until that time, no applications will be considered under this Lot.
3 Lot 3

Lot 3: This "holding" Lot has been provisionally included in the Dynamic Market scope but is not yet open for applications. The detailed scope, conditions of participation, and verification methods for this Lot will be published via an update to this notice in due course. Suppliers will be able to express interest and apply for membership under this Lot only once it has been fully defined and opened. Until that time, no applications will be considered under this Lot.
4 LO4 4

Lot 4: This "holding" Lot has been provisionally included in the Dynamic Market scope but is not yet open for applications. The detailed scope, conditions of participation, and verification methods for this Lot will be published via an update to this notice in due course. Suppliers will be able to express interest and apply for membership under this Lot only once it has been fully defined and opened. Until that time, no applications will be considered under this Lot.
5 LOT 5

Lot 5: This "holding" Lot has been provisionally included in the Dynamic Market scope but is not yet open for applications. The detailed scope, conditions of participation, and verification methods for this Lot will be published via an update to this notice in due course. Suppliers will be able to express interest and apply for membership under this Lot only once it has been fully defined and opened. Until that time, no applications will be considered under this Lot.
6 LOT 6

Lot 6: This "holding" Lot has been provisionally included in the Dynamic Market scope but is not yet open for applications. The detailed scope, conditions of participation, and verification methods for this Lot will be published via an update to this notice in due course. Suppliers will be able to express interest and apply for membership under this Lot only once it has been fully defined and opened. Until that time, no applications will be considered under this Lot.
7 LOT 7

Lot 7: This "holding" Lot has been provisionally included in the Dynamic Market scope but is not yet open for applications. The detailed scope, conditions of participation, and verification methods for this Lot will be published via an update to this notice in due course. Suppliers will be able to express interest and apply for membership under this Lot only once it has been fully defined and opened. Until that time, no applications will be considered under this Lot.

CPV Codes

  • 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Other Information

Contribution to code documentation and handover processes, especially where features are intended for long-term use by Oak's in-house teams or other suppliers Individual contracts awarded under this lot may range from targeted feature builds to broader support and maintenance roles over a defined period. Suppliers may be required to collaborate with other digital delivery partners under Oak's delivery model. Additional lots are expected to be added to this Dynamic Market over its lifetime to cover further requirements in Digital Product Development and Support Services. These will be introduced by modification of the Dynamic Market and publication of a notice under section 39(4) of the Procurement Act 2023. Suppliers may apply for membership of any future lots when they are established. ** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. **

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