Stale Pre-tender

Digital Licensing Modernisation

Details

Buyer: Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
Topic: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Published: 18 June 2026
Submission: 7 July 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

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.

Timeline

Completed: Pre-tender published18 June 2026
Current notice

About the buyer

The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) is a ministerial department that buys as a central government organisation. DBT buys through Government Commercial Agency agreements, formerly Crown Commercial Service. Businesses can join those agreements to supply goods or services. DBT follows each agreement's contractual terms.

A commercial pipeline gives a forward look at expected outsourcing over the next 18 months.

Over the past 5 years, most of DBT's contract awards have been in business services, research and development and IT services.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-business-and-trade-dbt.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-business-and-trade-dbt.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-business-and-trade-dbt.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-business-and-trade-dbt.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-business-and-trade-dbt.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-business-and-trade-dbt.gov