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title: "ITEP0731B - RIS3 Chief Data Office (CDO) - Package 2: Ontology & Taxonomy"
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# ITEP0731B - RIS3 Chief Data Office (CDO) - Package 2: Ontology & Taxonomy

Buyer: NATIONAL HIGHWAYS  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-3c602c31-ca22-42bc-8aa6-63e6764229ce

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## Summary

The public procurement process titled "ITEP0731B - RIS3 Chief Data Office (CDO) - Package 2: Ontology & Taxonomy" has been successfully awarded by National Highways, a prominent buyer located in Guildford, England. This contract, under the industry category of data analysis services, involves developing ontology and taxonomy to enhance institutional knowledge management. With a procurement method of selective 'Call-off from a Framework Agreement,' the contract is valued at £11,000,000. The award date was 30th June 2025, and the contract period extends from 1st July 2025 to 30th June 2030. Delivery addresses span globally, including British Overseas Territories and the United Kingdom, signifying National Highways' broad operational scope.

This procurement tender presents substantial growth opportunities for businesses specialising in data analysis services. It is well-suited for large-scale enterprises capable of offering comprehensive ontology and taxonomy solutions, facilitating interoperability and consistency across domains. This contract, leveraging institutional knowledge management, is ideal for firms aiming to secure involvement in high-value projects that drive innovation in data handling across National Highways. Despite the project not being targeted at SMEs or VCSEs, it offers significant prospects for established firms to strengthen their portfolio in conceptual data modelling and management within the transportation industry.

## Notice

Ontology and Taxonomy - What the service does This service forms a core part of National Highways' (NH's) ability to record, share and manage institutional knowledge. The ontology acts as a top-level conceptual map of the organisation and acts as a central framework for the disambiguation of conceptual entities across the business. It is the central pillar of NH's conceptual data models. By grouping key related entities together, NH can better create templated families of entities that often appear together in services and products, driving interoperability in data from the bottom up as well as the top down. The taxonomy service exists to effectively master, manage, and maintain lists of things and controlled vocabularies that are key to running the business. By providing a single consistent point of interaction for simple lists of things, interoperability and consistency is driven across domains at the lowest possible opportunity cost.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2df0f426-6c5c-4c5e-bc5c-4549e7bbb2ce |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Call-off from a framework agreement |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 4 Jul 2025 |
| Submission deadline | 29 Apr 2025 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 29 Jun 2025 |
| Contract period | 30 Jun 2025 - 30 Jun 2030 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £11,000,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £11,000,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NATIONAL HIGHWAYS |
| Locality | GUILDFORD |
| Post town | Guildford |
| Postcode | GU1 4LZ |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex |
| ITL 3 | TLJ25 West Surrey |
| Local authority | Guildford |
| Electoral ward | Stoke |
| Westminster constituency | Guildford |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | GUTTERIDGE, HASKINS & DAVEY |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

### Codes

- 72316000 - Data analysis services

## Release History

- 4 Jul 2025 at 13:15 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2df0f426-6c5c-4c5e-bc5c-4549e7bbb2ce

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2df0f426-6c5c-4c5e-bc5c-4549e7bbb2ce
  4th July 2025 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

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