Department for Business & Trade
Digital Licensing Modernisation
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The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) is exploring a potential future procurement to support the modernisation of digital trade and business licensing services across central government and local authorities.
This may include the design, development, and delivery of user‑centred digital licensing journeys, alongside supporting data, integration, and interoperability capabilities.
At this stage, DBT is seeking to understand market capability and delivery approaches.
As such, the scope and scale of any future procurement are not yet defined.
Indicative areas of interest include digital service design and development, data standardisation and validation, integration with existing systems, and approaches to improving data quality and reducing administrative burden.
This notice is published for the purpose of increasing visibility and transparency, a UK2 PME Notice has been published and contains more up to date information.
Please be aware, contract dates and tender publication are as yet unknown as is the route to market.
Dates included in this notice are not confirmed.
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The Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) is exploring a potential future procurement to support the modernisation of digital trade and business licensing services across central government and local authorities.
This may include the design, development,
This may include the design, development, and delivery of user‑centred digital licensing journeys, alongside supporting data, integration, and interoperability capabilities.
Indicative areas of interest include digital service
Indicative areas of interest include digital service design and development, data standardisation and validation, integration with existing systems, and approaches to improving data quality and reducing administrative burden.
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- planning · Planning
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