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title: "Aurora Subscription Services"
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# Aurora Subscription Services

Buyer: BUSINESS ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-ca30fd00-645d-4734-90bc-ce45c0323761

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## Summary

The Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has recently completed a procurement process for the "Aurora Subscription Services", which falls under the category of market research services within the electricity sector. The contract, valued at £153,500 and awarded through a limited procurement method via a negotiated procedure without prior publication, focuses on acquiring external market data and insights crucial for guiding government policy. The contract period commenced on 1 January 2022 and is set to conclude on 31 December 2023. The procurement process has been concluded, with the successful supplier being Aurora Energy Research Limited, located in Oxford.

This procurement presents significant growth opportunities for businesses specialising in market research and energy sector analysis, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that can provide insightful, evidence-based reports and forecasts for the energy market. Companies involved in data analytics, academic research partnerships, and strategic consulting within the power sector would be well suited to engage in similar future tenders, leveraging their expertise to contribute to government decision-making processes.

## Notice

BEIS procures a range of external market data, insights and briefings for the power sector in order to ensure that we have sufficient market insight to give confident advice to Ministers about how the sector will respond to change, what the market outlook is, and to provide assurance and additional evidence to support assumptions setting within our business critical models. This procurement relates to a bundle of electricity sector insight reports which draw on international market participation and academic expertise from Oxford University to provide market reports, forecast data and strategic insight evidence relating to both GB across technologies within the electricity sector in a joined-up, systemic way.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5851b16f-3f57-48d3-ba5b-cd012159dd3d |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Negotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 15 Mar 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 31 Dec 2021 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 24 Jan 2022 |
| Contract period | 1 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2023 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £153,500 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £153,500 |
| 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 | BUSINESS ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1H 0ET |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | St James's |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | AURORA ENERGY RESEARCH |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79310000 - Market research services

## Release History

- 15 Mar 2022 at 17:49 - AwardUpdate - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5851b16f-3f57-48d3-ba5b-cd012159dd3d
- 15 Mar 2022 at 17:30 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5851b16f-3f57-48d3-ba5b-cd012159dd3d

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5851b16f-3f57-48d3-ba5b-cd012159dd3d
  15th March 2022 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

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