Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Department for Education
Sanctuary Buildings, 20, Great Smith Street
London
SW1P 3BT
UK
Telephone: +44 03700002288
E-mail: core.procurement@education.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Explore education statistics platform support
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72250000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Description: Explore Education Statistics is aimed at making education statistics easier to find, access, navigate and understand.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
2 820 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72250000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Explore education statistics (EES) is a digital service used by analysts within the Department for Education (DfE) to create and publish official and national statistics releases.
The service is in public beta and is relied on by users, with the department having regulatory requirements for keeping its statistical service publicly available.
We require that the service is continually worked on, with bugs and issues addressed as they are raised and a regular flow of small feature optimisations to ensure it continues to meet the needs of the users including accessibility standards.
Maintenance and minor enhancement of the service throughout the duration of the contract whilst enhancement work is taking place through other Statements of Work. We expect this to include monitoring and optimisation of the service as well as bug fixing.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
Option to extend for 1 year
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2026/S 000-010882
Section V: Award of contract
Title: Explore education statistics platform support
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
26/06/2026
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 23
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Hive IT
08852342
Sheffield
S1 2HB
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 2 820 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
09/07/2026