# Modern Analytical tooling Pilot - GDX POC stage 1- V6- MAT Validation

> 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 0191 640 2807 Ashington Workspace Lintonville Pa
- Award value: £50,820
- Tender value: £101,640
- Award date: 7 January 2024
- Published: 20 December 2023
- Contract start: 8 January 2024
- Contract end: 31 March 2024
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 3c161a6d-fd59-4a99-841c-3e0c9346b8e7-709211
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-e444b35b-ec03-4b5b-8198-fffabc9a2b8b

## Description

The ABM team have agreed to Pilot SAS Viya as a HMS as they use non-PII ABM data to perform a crucial role, offering operational and financial reports, including tracking FTE forecasts for HMT funding and informing DWP-wide efficiency initiatives\. However, they urgently need help as current tooling is outdated\. SAP BI was end of life in 2023 and ABM are sole tenant, burdened with unsupported modules and restrictive skills dependencies\. While database running is moving to SAS 9, this is end of life in 2025\. Data preparation is a completely manual process that involves time-intensive downloading of datasets on to desktops, which then needs extraction for processing within excel & VBA\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/3c161a6d-fd59-4a99-841c-3e0c9346b8e7-709211)