# ACAS27493 - CO-ARMS Discovery

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED](/buyers/uk-shared-business-services-limited/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: MLC Partners Limited
- Award value: £28,400
- Award date: 7 October 2026
- Published: 9 October 2026
- Contract start: 12 October 2026
- Contract end: 17 January 2027
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: e480c2f6-05f3-4574-a42a-852bb998f77f-917212
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-aa18611f-f9c4-4a8a-8745-e4112a497181

## Description

\*\*\*\*\* THIS IS AN AWARD NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION \*\*\*\*\* This procurement is being concluded following a mini competition under the GCA RM6309 - Management Consultancy Framework Four \(MCF4\) - Lot 1: Business Description of the requirement Conduct a structured Discovery to assess, create a logged in experience portal for the CO's Annual return process and associated services\. The supplier will engage stakeholders, analyse current processes, data and integrations, and define user centred requirements\. Outputs will include options appraisal, target architecture, roadmap and business case inputs to support procurement of a new logged in experience Portal

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e480c2f6-05f3-4574-a42a-852bb998f77f-917212)