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    ContractsUser-Focused Design Support for Cyber Improvement Programme 2026-27
    Awarded contract

    User-Focused Design Support for Cyber Improvement Programme 2026-27

    Status
    Awarded
    Published 3 Jun 2026

    Support the Cyber Improvement Programme by providing user-centred design capabilities to ensure cybersecurity interventions are practical, usable, and adopted by end users.

    🇬🇧United KingdomPublished 3 Jun 2026· 3 months agoviaContracts Finder
    Status
    Awarded
    Published 3 Jun 2026

    Decision brief

    4 fields
    • Contract value
      Not disclosed
      Source did not declare a figure
    • Tender closed
      26 Feb 2026
      6 months ago
    • Sector
      Research & Innovation
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    • Location
      🇬🇧United Kingdom

    Suppliers

    1 supplier
    • HD
      HIPPO DIGITAL LIMITED
    Lead contractor

    Lifecycle

    Awarded

    Contract awarded. Originally published 3 months ago.

    3 Jun 2026Today26 Feb 2026

    Brief

    This opportunity seeks tactical user-centred design (UCD) capabilities to deliver human-focused design outcomes across the Cyber Improvement Programme's five core themes. The programme recognises that effective cybersecurity depends on user adoption and behaviour change, not just technical controls. By embedding UCD throughout, interventions, policies, tools, guidance, and processes will be shaped around the actual behaviours, needs, constraints, and motivations of end users. This approach addresses a critical gap: without UCD, security measures often fail to achieve uptake, are bypassed, or inadvertently create new risks. Suppliers should demonstrate expertise in applying user research, behavioural insights, and iterative design methods to make cybersecurity solutions practical, usable, and effective for real-world adoption.

    Track record

    7 awards · 7 winners
    Open field

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    Publisher
    UK Cabinet Office
    Licence
    OGL v3.0
    Source
    contractsfinder.service.gov.uk
    Record ID
    cc067e1d-0e88-470d-8b88-56b4627d5c72-900437
    NE
    Buyer
    NHS ENGLAND
    Sector
    Research & Innovation