Quality Assurance and Testing for IT Systems 2 extension notice
- Buyer
- Crown Commercial Service
- Value
- £800,000,000
- Closes
- 23 February 2029
- Where
- Liverpool, the North West
- Type
- Dynamic purchasing system (open to join)
In plain English
The government is running an open supplier list (called a Dynamic Purchasing System) where IT quality assurance and testing companies can register to bid on government contracts. Once you're on the list, public sector organisations will invite you to tender for specific testing and QA work. This notice extends the registration deadline to February 2029.
What the buyer wants
• Register as a Quality Assurance and Testing service provider • Meet filters for service type, location, security clearance level, and ability to scale • Respond to individual tender invitations from government buyers when your services match their needs
Likely requirements
Our reading of the notice. Always check the tender documents.
Most small builders, cleaners, and electricians will be disqualified immediately. This contract is exclusively for specialist IT quality assurance and testing companies with government-level experience and security clearance.
How to bid
This is a Dynamic Purchasing System: an open list of approved suppliers. You can apply to join at any time while it runs, and once accepted you can bid for the individual contracts the buyer runs through it.
How dynamic purchasing systems work
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