Notice Information
Notice Title
UKRI-5134 - FUTURE INTERNET
Notice Description
We seek bids to undertake a strategic landscape review and stakeholder engagement exercise in the area of Future Internet research. The output from this exercise will help inform UKRI's future activities in this area. Given the breadth of the area, we intend to award three separate LOTS, one in each of these broad areas: * LOT 1 - EPSRC remit, which broadly covers technical aspects of the future internet * LOT 2 - ESRC remit, which broadly covers social and economic aspects of the future internet * LOT 3 - AHRC remit, which broadly covers cultural and legal aspects of the future internet
Lot Information
LOT 1 EPSRC REMIT
LOT 1 EPSRC REMIT FOR FUTURE INTERNET EVALUATION
LOT 2 ESRC REMITLOT 2 EPSRC REMIT FOR FUTURE INTERNET EVALUATION
LOT 3 AHRC REMITLOT 3 EPSRC REMIT FOR FUTURE INTERNET EVALUATION
UKRI - Part 1 - Part 4 Questionnaire-ALL LOTSMandatory Questionnaire required by all suppliers.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05a192
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026832-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
-
- CPV Codes
73210000 - Research consultancy services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £160,920 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £160,920 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £106,098 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 24 Mar 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 30 Oct 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 5 Feb 20262 months ago
- Contract Period
- 19 Feb 2026 - 31 Jul 2026 1-6 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Active, Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- UK RESEARCH & INNOVATION (UKRI)
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- SWINDON, WILTSHIRE
- Postcode
- SN2 1FL
- Post Town
- 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
- TLK14 Swindon
-
- Local Authority
- Swindon
- Electoral Ward
- Rodbourne Cheney
- Westminster Constituency
- Swindon North
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/026832-2026
24th March 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/060544-2025
29th September 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/059472-2025
25th September 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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