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The Funding Service (TFS) Optimisation & Early Life Support (ELS) | UKGovscan

IN DELIVERYProcurement notice · UK RESEARCH & INNOVATIONRef ocds-b5fd17-e1cab142-5974-4769-afe5-f2d1741d6815

The Funding Service (TFS) Optimisation & Early Life Support (ELS)

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Published

6 Nov 2025

Awarded

24 Jun 2025

In delivery

now

Expires

1 Oct 2026

Total Awarded

£7,640,599

Contract Term

14 months

2 Aug 2025 – 1 Oct 2026

Supplier

Kerv Digital Limited

Company 07510381

Procurement

Call-off from a framework agreement

Selective — suppliers are shortlisted first

Source

Contracts Finder

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Description

Objectives

For this call off under the DOS 6 framework, UKRI was seeking a delivery partner to support the delivery of several functional and non-functional work packages. The objectives are to:

Reduce Manual Processing
Enable Flexibility through Continuous Improvement
Increase Volume Throughput through Efficiency and Standardisation

The delivery partner will play a key role in the end to end delivery of each work package, providing for example Development, User Centric Design and Test Assurance resources to support the UKRI delivery team. The delivery partner must:

Adhere to Government Digital Standards (GDS)
Have strong experience in delivering at pace within similar organisations
Be able to demonstrate that you have appropriate controls and mechanisms in place to ensure code quality
Be familiar with working within both Waterfall and Agile Delivery Constructs

Buyer

Organisation: UK RESEARCH & INNOVATION
Buyer ID: GB-SRS-sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/Zj5uFppq
Local Authority Code: –
Address: Polaris House, SWINDON, SN2 1FL, England
Website: http://www.ukri.org

Supplier

Supplier	Identifier	Award Value	Cross-References
Kerv Digital Limited	07510381	£7,640,599	-

Government spending data: This supplier has received £10,189,271 in 72 payments (over £25k) from Department for Transport (2024-12-04 to 2026-05-22). View full payment history →

Key Dates

Published: 6 November 2025
Tender Open: -
Tender Deadline: 4 June 2025
Award Date: 24 June 2025
Contract Start: 2 August 2025
Contract End: 1 October 2026

Procurement Details

Method: Selective — suppliers are shortlisted first
Method Details: Call-off from a framework agreement
Route to market: Bought through a framework
Main category: Goods
Category: –
Buyer Reference: UKRI-4825
CPV Codes: 72000000 – IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Tender Documents

Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder → — Award notice

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IN DELIVERYProcurement notice · UK RESEARCH & INNOVATIONRef ocds-b5fd17-e1cab142-5974-4769-afe5-f2d1741d6815

The Funding Service (TFS) Optimisation & Early Life Support (ELS)

Save Track Track buyer

Published

6 Nov 2025

Awarded

24 Jun 2025

In delivery

now

Expires

1 Oct 2026

Total Awarded

£7,640,599

Contract Term

14 months

2 Aug 2025 – 1 Oct 2026

Supplier

Kerv Digital Limited

Company 07510381

Procurement

Call-off from a framework agreement

Selective — suppliers are shortlisted first

Source

Contracts Finder

View original notice

Description

Objectives

For this call off under the DOS 6 framework, UKRI was seeking a delivery partner to support the delivery of several functional and non-functional work packages. The objectives are to:

Reduce Manual Processing
Enable Flexibility through Continuous Improvement
Increase Volume Throughput through Efficiency and Standardisation

Adhere to Government Digital Standards (GDS)
Have strong experience in delivering at pace within similar organisations
Be able to demonstrate that you have appropriate controls and mechanisms in place to ensure code quality
Be familiar with working within both Waterfall and Agile Delivery Constructs

Buyer

Organisation: UK RESEARCH & INNOVATION
Buyer ID: GB-SRS-sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/Zj5uFppq
Local Authority Code: –
Address: Polaris House, SWINDON, SN2 1FL, England
Website: http://www.ukri.org

Supplier

Supplier	Identifier	Award Value	Cross-References
Kerv Digital Limited	07510381	£7,640,599	-

Government spending data: This supplier has received £10,189,271 in 72 payments (over £25k) from Department for Transport (2024-12-04 to 2026-05-22). View full payment history →

Key Dates

Published: 6 November 2025
Tender Open: -
Tender Deadline: 4 June 2025
Award Date: 24 June 2025
Contract Start: 2 August 2025
Contract End: 1 October 2026

Procurement Details

Method: Selective — suppliers are shortlisted first
Method Details: Call-off from a framework agreement
Route to market: Bought through a framework
Main category: Goods
Category: –
Buyer Reference: UKRI-4825
CPV Codes: 72000000 – IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Tender Documents

Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder → — Award notice