Notice Information
Notice Title
UKRI-5190 IUK Interim Review of the Faraday Institutions Operation
Notice Description
The purpose of this contract is for an in-depth review and assessment of the Faraday Institution.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Options: Additional option to extend assessment timeframe to capture further data.
Renewal: There are 2 possible extensions of 2 month periods.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05e0c4
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001483-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
79419000 - Evaluation consultancy services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £125,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £125,000 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- £124,225 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 8 Jan 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 8 Dec 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 8 Jan 20261 months ago
- Contract Period
- 22 Jan 2026 - 31 Oct 2026 6-12 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- UK RESEARCH & INNOVATION (UKRI)
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- nercprocurement@ukri.org
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
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
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Swindon
- Electoral Ward
- Rodbourne Cheney
- Westminster Constituency
- Swindon North
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/001483-2026
8th January 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/073675-2025
13th November 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Notice URLs
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