# Dev Ops Service

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Department for Work and Pensions](/buyers/department-for-work-and-pensions/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Layer 7 Limited](/contract-winners/layer-7/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £1,125,000
- Tender value: £1,500,000
- Award date: 28 March 2025
- Published: 22 April 2025
- Contract start: 1 April 2025
- Contract end: 31 March 2028
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 9360c8eb-93e1-406c-85c7-41f4ece74b92-841535
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-6900c518-3767-42df-b72b-9295b60f1758

## Description

As part of a wider strategy to build a future operating state, Benefit Payments Services \(VMER Services\) require optimisation of their current digital services to align with DWP Cloud First objectives\. The BPS estate hosts the VMER applications and is built using Cobol with the use of Ansible to build the current Cloud Platform\. The scope of this service optimisation is based on an existing AWS Cloud Platform and will include build, design and release, aligning with GDS digital principles \(Discovery/Alpha/Beta\)

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9360c8eb-93e1-406c-85c7-41f4ece74b92-841535)