Home / Opportunities / Opportunity
PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITY

Alpha Digital Product Software Engineering Services

OAK NATIONAL ACADEMY LIMITED · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 26 Sept 2026, 00:02.

Opportunity overview

Oak National Academy is procuring software engineering services to design and develop an initial alpha digital product in collaboration with Oak's engineering teams and project sponsors. The services include: Developing the alpha product using Oak's established technology stack, including Next.js, React and TypeScript. Using Oak's component library and meeting applicable Government Digital Service (GDS) accessibility standards. Integrating with Sanity CMS and Oak infrastructure, including PostgreSQL and Vercel. Implementing automated testing, UI testing, static analysis, code review and other engineering quality controls. Following Oak's secure development practices and addressing identified vulnerabilities. Implementing appropriate application logging, telemetry and monitoring. Developing integrations with third-party services and APIs, which may include MCP services, knowledge graphs and semantic search. Working with Oak's platform and engineering teams to ensure security, maintainability, CI/CD alignment and consistent architectural approaches. Supporting handover of the alpha product to the Department for Education, including technical documentation, knowledge transfer and support for migration to Department for Education infrastructure.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

UMBEL WORKS LTD

Matched by number
Contract value
£74.9k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
22 Jul 2026
Including VAT
£89.8k
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH 14033951
Location
London, UKI41, EC2A 4NE, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-06e5db
Status
complete
Procurement Method
limited
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - limited competition

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
OAK NATIONAL ACADEMY LIMITED
Id
GB-COH-14174888

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
14174888

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PWYQ-7722-NDVX

Address

Street Address
1 Scott Place
Locality
Manchester
Postal Code
M3 3AA
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKD33

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - central government
Organisation 2
Name
UMBEL WORKS LTD
Id
GB-COH-14033951

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
14033951

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PZCM-2448-GNZV

Address

Street Address
3rd Floor 86-90 Paul Street
Locality
London
Postal Code
EC2A 4NE
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI41

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
sme
Vcse
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
72000000
Description
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-14033951
Name
UMBEL WORKS LTD

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Award ID
1
Status
active
Above Threshold
No
Date Signed
23 Jul 2026, 00:00

Period

Starts
17 Aug 2026, 00:00
Ends
28 Feb 2027, 23:59

Value

Including VAT
89,838
Amount
74,865
Currency
GBP

Documents

Entry 1
Id
078224-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
17 Aug 2026, 15:50
Format
text/html

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Manchester · UKD33 · M3 3AA · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 078224-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·