PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

AI Strategy Support

Cabinet Office · published 16 Feb 2026. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

Contracts Finder release ID66abddf0-c60f-4990-b8b0-bb6fd052858b-883067
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-affd2a13-1d2a-4bc9-819f-f699298afa36
Buyer identifierGB-SRS-sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/3A4AmUm4
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

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Award value
£599,000
award field
Tender value
£599,000
tender field
Procurement method
Other - Direct Award
Category
services
CPV
72000000
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Delivery
Not stated
NE1 2DS
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

Baringa Partners LLP have been appointed by Bloom Procurement Services Ltd. on behalf of the Cabinet Office to support with the streamlining of its external and internal operations. This scope of work aims to expedite the initial steps of creating a roadmap of AI initiatives across three workstreams and a delivery playbook for efficient delivery and roll out to IBCA.

Tender statuscomplete
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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release16 Feb 2026
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published12 Dec 2025
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published19 Jan 2026
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published10 Apr 2026
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

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SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 16 Feb 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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