PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

HR Change Programme Controls and Transition Managed Service

DEFRA · published 27 May 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 IDdb4324f3-3153-43d6-b225-bcfc398c1783-899356
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-816dc9c2-fb2f-49fb-b17e-ac14a98f61b0
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-249702
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

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Award value
£76,960
award field
Tender value
£76,960
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

Time-limited supplier-managed service to strengthen HR Change Programme controls, governance, reporting, RAID and dependency management, stakeholder engagement products and transition readiness through to 21/08/2026. The service will deliver the agreed outputs and milestones set out in this DPEL. Methods will be responsible for organising, supervising, allocating and assuring its personnel to deliver the service. Defra will retain programme ownership, decision-making, approvals, internal accountabilities and acceptance of outputs, but will not direct, line manage, task or integrate supplier personnel into Defra teams.

Tender statuscomplete
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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release27 May 2026
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published22 May 2026
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published24 May 2026
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published21 Aug 2026
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

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Published name only

Methods Business and Digital Technology Ltd.

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SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 27 May 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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