The Crown Commercial Services (CCS) has published the contract notice for the Digital and Legacy Application Services (DALAS) framework to update the aged legacy applications used by the HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
The contract’s value might reach £4.2 billion over four years.
The DALAS framework is to provide HMRC with a strategic gateway to support the delivery of future application services and to move it toward an application services support model that is less dependent upon legacy technologies.
The framework will provide a commercial vehicle to replace current contractual agreements that are set to expire between September 2023 and January 2025.
The framework will be accessible to Central Government departments and all other UK public sector bodies, including Local Authorities, Police, Fire and Rescue, Health, Education and Devolved Administrations.
HMRC published a prior information notice in August to initiate preliminary discussions with suppliers before the formal competition begins.
The contact starts in July 2023. The budget limits the amount that may be spent on the contract per financial year at £1.125 billion.
