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ClosedStage · contract

DEFRA

HR Change Programme Controls and Transition Managed Service

Business ServicesCPV 79000000 79400000 79410000
Value£77k
Deadline22 May 2026
Published27 May 2026
RegionUK-wide
Timeline
Published 27 May 2026ClosedCloses 22 May 2026
Contract value in context
£77ktotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£1.6m

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The brief

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.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

The service will deliver the agreed outputs

The service will deliver the agreed outputs and milestones set out in this DPEL.

02

Methods will be responsible for organising, supervising

Methods will be responsible for organising, supervising, allocating and assuring its personnel to deliver the service.

03

Defra will retain programme ownership, decision-making, approvals

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.

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Source & provenance
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Stage
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Source
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