Provision of Functional Testing Consultants and Managed Services to the Department for Education
DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION · Awarded contract
AwardedProvision of Functional Testing Consultants and Managed Services to the Department for Education
Awarded 31 Mar 2017
Awarded31 Mar 2017
Value£5,000,000.00
SupplierTest Direct Ltd
AgencyDEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION
RegionUnited Kingdom
CategoryIT & Software
Ended 7y 7mo ago1y 12mo term
Awarded 31 Mar 2017Expired 31 Mar 2019
About
The Department for Education awarded a contract to Test Direct Ltd for the provision of testing consultants, teams, and/or managed services to deliver all of the department's functional testing requirements.
The contract covers effective functional testing for the successful delivery of business and IT change, including all migrations from on-premise systems to SaaS, PaaS, and/or IaaS cloud environments.
The contract value is £5,000,000.
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