Sector Data Capability Pilot

Contract summary

Industry

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

Location of contract

CV1 2WT

Value of contract

£0 to £458,405

Procurement reference

tender_490096/1522403

Published date

7 October 2025

Closing date

17 July 2025

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 October 2025

Contract end date

31 March 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a framework agreement

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

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Description

The Department for Education (DfE) is exploring a data capability support offer for the education sector, focusing on data professionals in multi-academy trusts, schools, and publicly funded early-years providers. This Discovery and Alpha phase will explore how to support data professionals with skills, career development, and help organisations use data more effectively to improve outcomes for children and young people.

While data is a critical enabler, many organisations face challenges such as inconsistent data maturity, unclear roles, limited technical capacity, and reliance on individual champions over systemic processes.

This is the Department's Contract Award Notice for the procurement of a Sector Data Capability Support Pilot seeking to deliver the below:
- Engage a diverse sample of organisations and users to understand their data capability needs and barriers.
- Develop and test deliverables aligned with DfE's Data Capability Skills Framework, informed by user research and prototyped across the sector.
- Provide prioritised recommendations for short-, medium-, and long-term actions to strengthen data capability, including indicative costs and resource needs.
- Deliver a final report with evidence-based findings and recommendations to inform DfE policy and a potential national support model.
- Engage with related workstreams (e.g. data maturity research) to ensure alignment and avoid duplication.

This strategic initiative aims to enable large-scale impact by improving how data is used across the education sector. The ideal supplier will have expertise in education, service design, user-centred design, and digital development.

The agreement will last from 1st October until 31st March 2026. This contract was competed via the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) RM1043.8 Digital Outcomes 6 (DOS 6) Framework, Lot 1- Digital Outcomes.

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Award information

Awarded date

24 September 2025

Contract start date

1 October 2025

Contract end date

31 March 2026

Total value of contract

£458,405

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

TPXimpact Limited

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About the buyer

Address

Sanctuary Buildings, 20, Great Smith Street
London
SW1P 3BT
England

Email

commercial.helpdesk@education.gov.uk