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title: "UKRI-6389 InCites Benchmarking & Analytics renewal for NERC and BBSRC"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-077f63"
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# UKRI-6389 InCites Benchmarking & Analytics renewal for NERC and BBSRC

Buyer: UK RESEARCH & INNOVATION  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-077f63

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## Summary

UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) bought a renewal of Clarivate’s InCites Benchmarking and Analytics subscription for the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). The purchase provides those research councils with access to benchmarking and analytics software, classified as an analytical or scientific software package. It is a software subscription rather than a bespoke development or general research service. UKRI is the buying organisation; the requirement serves NERC and BBSRC. The procurement identifies no delivery location, so the requirement is best understood as access to a digital product for these UKRI research bodies rather than work at a named site.

The procurement is complete and Clarivate Analytics (UK) Ltd was selected; the contract is active and was signed on 24 September 2026. The contract runs from 1 November 2026 to 31 October 2027. Its value is £73,257.59 excluding VAT (£87,909.11 including VAT). The requirement was awarded through a direct route below the applicable threshold, without competition, so there was no competitive evaluation or published award basis to compare. It was organised as a single lot covering the InCites subscription renewal for NERC and BBSRC. This outcome records a completed procurement rather than an opportunity for suppliers to compete for the present contract.

For a future requirement of this kind, credible suppliers would need to provide research benchmarking and analytics software as a subscription, with reliable access suited to the needs of research councils. The selected supplier was a large established provider of the InCites product, indicating that product fit and the ability to supply an existing analytics platform were central to this purchase. Suppliers offering comparable tools would need to demonstrate how their analytics support benchmarking across research activity and can serve organisations such as NERC and BBSRC. The route used here was a direct award without competition, which is relevant context for competitors assessing this buyer’s purchasing approach. The requirement concerns a specific subscription renewal, so general software or consultancy capability alone would not establish a close match.

## Notice

Subscription and access for UKRI-NERC and BBSRC to the Clarivate product 'InCites - Benchmarking and Analytics'.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/093196-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - without competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 2 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Nov 2026 - 31 Oct 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £73,257 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | UK RESEARCH & INNOVATION |
| Locality | SWINDON, WILTSHIRE |
| Postcode area | Swindon |
| Postcode | SN2 1FL |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire |
| ITL 3 | TLK71 Swindon |
| Local authority | Swindon |
| Electoral ward | Rodbourne Cheney |
| Westminster constituency | Swindon North |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Clarivate Analytics (UK) Limited |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems

### Codes

- 48461000 - Analytical or scientific software package

## Release History

- 2 Oct 2026 at 10:51 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/093196-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/093196-2026
  2nd October 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents
- https://www.ukri.org/

## Provenance

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