PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

Strategic assurance and roadmap development of the Defra HR Change Portfolio

DEFRA · published 16 Mar 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 IDb21a2801-1d2b-47e6-bd97-0ab0f7171716-888640
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-d91204d1-16f5-4cf9-8604-ced85b99aa4f
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-249702
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

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Award value
£76,701
award field
Tender value
£76,701
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

A two-week, time-limited strategic assurance engagement to review delivery to date of the HR Change Programme and assess the wider HR Change portfolio (HR Change Programme, HR Automation and Synergy@Defra). KPMG will produce a diagnostic report with recommendations, a portfolio roadmap across the three programmes aligned to Synergy and DWP Corporate Service Transformation, and a high-level FY26/27 delivery plan

Tender statuscomplete
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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release16 Mar 2026
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published13 Mar 2026
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published16 Mar 2026
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published27 Mar 2026
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

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KPMG LLP

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

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