# GB-Sheffield: Core Platform Design and Development

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [British Business Bank](/buyers/british-business-bank/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Cognizant Worldwide Ltd](/contract-winners/cognizant-worldwide/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £58,850
- Tender value: £58,850
- Award date: 1 November 2018
- Published: 19 November 2018
- Contract start: 5 November 2018
- Contract end: 31 March 2019
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: c5d284c4-1c39-46fd-83a5-ad2abc1cc540-253273
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-af475a72-8d9b-430b-825b-45379dff08d8

## Description

Microsoft BizTalk support: To provide functional, technical and DevOps expertise of Microsoft's BizTalk Server 2016\. - Responsible for Design and implementing and supporting for implementation of Core platform\. - Analyse requirements and design of Core platform in accordance with the IT development life cycle\. - Analysis and documentation of the existing middle tier integration implementation, other applications that requires integration\. - Define and document integration specifications for APIs/SOAP services\. - Write production-quality code using standard integration and API patterns in continuous integration/delivery environments\. - Contribute to quality assurance for the APIs and integrations built in terms of code review, unit testing, functional testing and non- functional testing\. - Setup CI/CD pipeline using VSTS - Implementation of the BizTalk servers, the associate application and components in Azure IaaS\. - Participates in the design, construction, installation and troubleshooting of hosting BizTalk systems\. - Prepare all necessary documentation and processes to transition into support\. - Troubleshoots and resolves issues\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c5d284c4-1c39-46fd-83a5-ad2abc1cc540-253273)