01 Procurement
Tender overview
- Buyer
- OAK NATIONAL ACADEMY LIMITED
- Status
- Complete
- Procurement method
- Below threshold - limited competition
- Category
- Not supplied
- CPV classification
- Not supplied
- Tender period
- Not supplied — Not supplied
Description
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.
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02 Awards and contracts
Published award records
Alpha Digital Product Software Engineering Services
- Awarded
- Not supplied
- Award value
- Not supplied
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- 22 July 2026
03 Organisations
Buyers, suppliers and other parties
OAK NATIONAL ACADEMY LIMITED
1 Scott Place, Manchester, UKD33, M3 3AA, United Kingdom
Companies House 14174888 →UMBEL WORKS LTD
3rd Floor 86-90 Paul Street, London, UKI41, EC2A 4NE, United Kingdom
Companies House 14033951 →Companies House links appear only for explicit GB-COH identifiers. BritDB does not create company links from a similar name or address.
04 Provenance
Source for this process
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