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    ContractsCO Annual Return Portal Discovery Project
    Awarded contract

    CO Annual Return Portal Discovery Project

    Status
    Awarded
    Published 9 Oct 2026

    Discovery services to design and plan a new logged-in portal for the Cabinet Office's Annual Return process and related services.

    🇬🇧United KingdomPublished 9 Oct 2026· 3 weeks agoviaContracts Finder
    Status
    Awarded
    Published 9 Oct 2026

    Decision brief

    4 fields
    • Contract value
      Not disclosed
      Source did not declare a figure
    • Tender closed
      30 Sept 2026
      1 month ago
    • Sector
      Research & Innovation
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    • Location
      🇬🇧United Kingdom

    Suppliers

    1 supplier
    • MP
      MLC PARTNERS LIMITED
    Lead contractor

    Lifecycle

    Awarded

    Contract awarded. Originally published 3 weeks ago.

    9 Oct 2026Today30 Sept 2026

    Brief

    This is an award notice for a discovery phase project to develop a logged-in experience portal for the Cabinet Office's Annual Return process. The successful supplier will conduct structured discovery activities including stakeholder engagement, current process analysis, data and integration assessment, and user-centered requirements definition. Key deliverables include options appraisal, target system architecture, implementation roadmap, and business case inputs to inform future procurement of the new portal. This work is being conducted under the GCA RM6309 Management Consultancy Framework Four (MCF4), Lot 1: Business.

    Track record

    16 awards · 14 winners
    Open field

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    Award notice and full record on the publisher's site

    Publisher
    UK Cabinet Office
    Licence
    OGL v3.0
    Source
    contractsfinder.service.gov.uk
    Record ID
    e480c2f6-05f3-4574-a42a-852bb998f77f-917212

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    Sector
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