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Published 29 Apr 2025, 12:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

UKRI- 4426 UK- wide Celebration of Research and Innovation

Official notice

Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Published estimate£3,300,000≈ £550k / year · £3,960,000 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 23 Jun 2025
Contract term 6 yrsends 1 Aug 2031 · starts 1 Aug 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

In line with UKRI's Public Engagement Strategy, UKRI want to commission a supplier for the delivery of a six year contract for new UK-wide celebration to engage the public, particularly young people, with research and innovation (R&I). This will be delivered through the following 5 work packages:

Work package 1: coordinated UK-wide activities that celebrate and showcase R&I and supports people (particularly young people and those from minoritised communities and those underrepresented in R&I) to engage with R&I through co-produced local and regional activity.

Work package 2: grants programmes to support those from minoritised communities and underrepresented groups to engage with R&I through community-led events and local activities in schools throughout the year

Work package 3: a programme of deliberative dialogues with young people to explore their views and concerns about R&I

Work package 4: support for sharing learning between this programme of activity and existing knowledge festivals, museums, science centres and other relevant organisations.

Work package 5: summative and formative evaluation to understand and share what works in informal engagement with R&I.

The work will be done in two Phases as detailed in the tender pack,

The value of the opportunity for the six year Service Contract is:

Phase 1 – up to £1,100,000 excl. VAT (2-year duration)

Phase 2 – up to £2,200,000 excl. VAT (4-year duration)

For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:

www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Swindo… ↗

To respond to this opportunity, please click here:

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CPV: Business and management consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 6 yrsSMEVCSEPublished value£3,300,000
Contract period: 1 Aug 2025 – 1 Aug 2031 (6 yrs)Value: £3,300,000 exc. VAT · £3,960,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 90%Price: 10%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality: 90%
  • Criterion 2: 10%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: Long criteria description
  • Criterion 2: Long criteria description
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 10 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Cancelled
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA, CPTPP)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
29 Apr 2025, 12:05 BST
Last source update
26 Jun 2025, 16:05 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 8 Jul 2025
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-017572
Latest notice
Procurement termination notice (UK12)
Classification (CPV)
Business and management consultancy services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05090a Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: portal not identified
Electronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Submission deadline
23 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

29 Apr 2025 → 1 Aug 2025 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published
    29 Apr 2025, 12:05 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    23 Jun 2025, 12:00 BST
  3. Latest notice published
    26 Jun 2025, 16:05 BST
  4. Award decision expected by
    8 Jul 2025, 00:59 BST
  5. Contract starts
    1 Aug 2025

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 29 Apr 2025
  1. Tender notice published
    29 Apr 2025, 12:05 BST
    UK4
  2. Procurement termination notice published
    26 Jun 2025, 16:05 BST
    UK12
  3. Status changed to complete
    26 Jun 2025, 16:05 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded toValueDateStatus
supplier not published—23 Jun 2025Cancelled

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

UK Research & Innovation

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PDQJ-7126-JDHG Polaris House, North Star Avenue, Swindon, South West, SN2 1FLContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Procurement termination notice tenderProcurement termination noticeUK12Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender