# Grant Hub Phase 2

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

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Rural Payments Agency](/buyers/rural-payments-agency/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Ernst & Young LLP](/contract-winners/ernst-young/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £351,868
- Tender value: £351,868
- Award date: 18 January 2023
- Published: 19 January 2023
- Contract start: 16 January 2023
- Contract end: 7 April 2023
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: e09cb251-60d0-4f2d-bf19-cb10f6a7f10f-607048
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-e6f01c87-b843-4fd9-aea5-0904fbd74cd0

## Description

Prioritised Areas of Focus 1\. Governance: test the proposed future state governance journey through the piloting of the Grants Investment and Assurance Committee and the Grants Delivery Committee for a small sample of schemes across Defra group\. 2\. Assurance: complete an assurance maturity assessment exercise at an ALB/Key Programmes level to determine the appropriate and proportionate deployment approach for the Hubs Assurance Framework and pilot with a selected set of schemes 3\. Management Information: pilot and run MI production \(implementing new processes\), develop a cost-to-serve framework, design and pilot new leadership MI dashboards 4\. Comms and Engagement: deliver a light-touch comms and engagement strategy to further build awareness of the Grants Hub\. 5\. Capability: deliver a light-touch capability building strategy to upskill the Hub and Working group members on new ways of working e\.g\. Governance, Assurance and MI\.

## Related contract awards

- [Land Mgt System and Customer Portal for RPA](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-15589da8-0db9-43e5-8788-d568ade00ad8): Rural Payments Agency
- [RPA Productivity Tool](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-d96b01b2-f332-4e1c-9fe7-8565d1373a4a): Rural Payments Agency
- [Geospatial analytics and remote monitoring service \(GAS\)](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-d56b648c-52e2-41cc-ab60-10ef08782158): Rural Payments Agency
- [Executive Coaching 2026/27](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-e0f7ca82-1144-41e8-a93d-1839116f14d1): National Audit Office
- [Records Management SMEs 26\+](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-c0b24a73-bdcd-4a06-98a1-4705c50cdf30): FCA
- [Insurance File Review](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-186945b9-32b4-4d7d-9e1c-3319a907c106): FCA

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e09cb251-60d0-4f2d-bf19-cb10f6a7f10f-607048)