Contracts Finder notice
AIRR Programme Lead and Design Support
Authority: DSIT
CPV: Technical services (71356000)
Published contract value£498,300VAT basis not stated
Contract ends 31 Dec 2026
Awarded to Red Oak Consulting LLP
Contract starts 1 Jul 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis contract provides continued specialist advisory support to DSIT across cloud and HPC procurement and strategic programme development activities. The supplier will provide technical, commercial and strategic expertise on a flexible call-off basis, supporting the refinement of cloud procurement activity and the development of options and delivery plans for the future expansion of the AI Research Resource (AIRR). The extension ensures continuity of knowledge and specialist capability during a critical phase of programme delivery and decision-making.
Published procurement details
- Procedure
- Call-off from a framework agreement
- Buyer reference
- tender_524608/1591739
- Category
- Services
- Tender status
- Complete
- Award status
- Active
- Suitable for SMEs
- Yes
- Suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises
- Yes
- Tender deadline
- Procurement method
- Selective
- Item 1: Delivery locations as published
- British Oversea Territories; Channel Islands; Europe; Isle of Man; Rest of the World; United Kingdom
Key dates
Published dates- Award decision23 Jun 2026
- Contract starts1 Jul 2026
- Notice published7 Jul 2026
- Contract ends31 Dec 2026
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
- DSITContracting authority
Suppliers named on the notice
- Red Oak Consulting LLPSupplier
- Identifier
- OC313216 · GB-COH
- Voluntary, community or social enterprise
- No
- Business size
- SME
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
Source record
- Source
- Contracts Finder
- Notice language
- en
- Release reference
- ocds-b5fd17-122a17e3-1333-4f69-8ee8-82fdf930d9fc-2026-07-07T09:33:09+01:00
- Published
- 7 Jul 2026
- Latest update
- 7 Jul 2026
- Procedure reference
- ocds-b5fd17-122a17e3-1333-4f69-8ee8-82fdf930d9fc
- Contract reference
- ocds-b5fd17-122a17e3-1333-4f69-8ee8-82fdf930d9fc-1