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RM6160-Data Curator

UK Shared Business Services Limited

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Summary of the contracting process

UK Research and Innovation required a Data Curator through UK Shared Business Services Limited. The procurement covers temporary personnel services for data-curation work, delivered in the United Kingdom. It is a services requirement under CPV 79620000, covering the supply of personnel, including temporary staff. The buying organisation used a central business-services arrangement to source specialist staffing for its research and innovation activities. The requirement was suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises, making it relevant to specialist recruitment agencies, temporary staffing providers and technology-sector resourcing businesses with access to data professionals. The named suppliers include Computer Futures, Berkeley Square IT Ltd and Berkeley Square Limited, showing that the requirement has been met through established specialist staffing providers rather than a works contractor or goods supplier.

This is a completed award made through a selective direct award call-off from the CCS RM6160 Non Clinical Temporary and Fixed Term Staff Framework. The original award date was 10 July 2023, with the contract running from 13 July 2023 to 31 March 2027 through successive variations. Award values were £56,389.76 to Computer Futures for the initial period, £28,368.90 to Berkeley Square IT Ltd for the period to 31 March 2024, £142,750.18 to Berkeley Square Limited for the period to 31 March 2025, and £426,844.14 jointly to Computer Futures and Berkeley Square Limited for the period to 31 March 2026. A further variation covers 1 April 2026 to 30 September 2026 and 30 September 2026 to 31 March 2027.

For suppliers that did not win this requirement, the award demonstrates sustained demand from UK Research and Innovation for specialist data-curation personnel supplied through a non-clinical temporary and fixed-term staffing framework. A credible competitor would need access to suitably skilled data professionals, the ability to recruit or deploy them into a public-sector research environment, and the operational capacity to support a requirement that continued through multiple contract extensions. Experience supplying temporary or fixed-term staff, particularly for data, information-management or research-focused roles, would be directly relevant. Small and medium-sized staffing and IT-recruitment businesses are well placed by the stated suitability of the requirement, but they would need to qualify for and operate through the applicable framework call-off route.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

RM6160-Data Curator

Notice Description

***Please note this is an award notice, not a call for competition*** UK Research and Innovation had a requirement to bring in a Data Curator. This has been sourced via direct award against CCS RM6160 Non Clinical Temporary and Fixed Term Staff Framework. Original Contract - 13/07/2023 to 29/12/2023 Variation 001 - 30/12/2023 to 31/03/2024 Variation 002 - 01/04/2024 to 31/03/2025 Variation 003 - 01/04/2025 to 31/03/2026 Variation 004 - 01/04/2026 to 30/09/2026 Variation 005 - 30/09/2026 to to 31/03/2027

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-79aa7080-811c-40f5-bd9e-d0e1c8cf6e75
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d44d6f71-3377-4c43-a0c8-ec8d8bdb4fdf
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
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Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Call-off from a framework agreement
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

79620000 - Supply services of personnel including temporary staff

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£426,844 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£654,351 £500K-£1M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
20 Aug 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
10 Jul 2023Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
10 Jul 20233 years ago
Contract Period
13 Jul 2023 - 31 Mar 2026 2-3 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
UK Shared Business Services Limited
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
SWINDON
Postcode
SN2 1UH
Postcode Area
Swindon
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLK South West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLK71 Swindon
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Swindon
Electoral Ward
Rodbourne Cheney
Westminster Constituency
Swindon North

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
3
Supplier Names

Computer Futures

Berkeley Square IT Ltd

BERKELEY SQUARE LIMITED

Further Information

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