PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

Aurora Transformation Programme Planning Services

DEFRA · 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 IDaac9d38d-8cc3-4dab-a81b-1366e4b16ee5-884003
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-ff487006-4a0b-4906-a49a-0d44c05bf953
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-249702
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

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Award value
£69,483
award field
Tender value
£69,483
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a framework agreement
Category
services
CPV
79411000
General management consultancy services
Delivery
Not stated
SW1P 4DF
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

The initial four-week planning phase will provide the Aurora Transformation Programme Management team with: • detailed, actionable plans that define project scope and deliverables, ensuring alignment with strategic goals for the nine workstreams. Identification of timelines (including key milestones and critical paths, and resource needs) • a detailed overarching programme which captures the critical elements from the nine workstreams, focusing on the dependencies and critical path activities

Tender statuscomplete
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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release16 Feb 2026
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published4 Aug 2025
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published6 Aug 2025
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published31 Mar 2026
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

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Methods Business and Digital Technology Ltd.

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

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