Working Age Services Project Zora - Application Decomposition & Microservices Transition

Tender description

Project Zora is a strategic programme within the Department for Work and Pensions’ Working Age Services portfolio, focused on improving the sustainability, agility and resilience of the Universal Credit service. It addresses the constraints of a long‑standing monolithic application estate to enable more responsive delivery of policy change, user needs and future service evolution. The programme will progressively decompose elements of the Universal Credit application into more modular, loosely Timeline May 2026 - Filter and issue RFI to long list of suppliers June 2026 - Stage 1 July / August - Stage 2 September / October - Contract Award October - Contract Signature Competition type Two stage competitive selection process How to apply Suppliers must engage via the DWP e‑Procurement Portal (Atamis) and register their organisation at: https://dwp2.my.site.com/s/Welcome Following DOS 7 filtering, longlisted suppliers will be invited via Atamis to respond to a Request for Information (RFI). The RFI is for information only and does not form part of any selection or evaluation stage. RFI responses and clarification questions must be submitted via the Atamis Message Centre, with attachments uploaded as required. Suppliers will subsequently be invited to Stage 1 and Stage 2 of the competition, with full tender instructions issued via Atamis. All submissions must be made through the portal. Suppliers must register on Atamis prior to submission. Guidance is available at: https://suppliersupport.atamis.co.uk/hc/en-gb/sections/4612344115359