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title: "UK7 CREST Project for Secondary Schools"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-078025"
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current_stage: "Award"
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published: "2026-10-02"
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# UK7 CREST Project for Secondary Schools

Buyer: Department for Science, Innovation & Technology  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078025

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## Summary

The Department for Science, Innovation & Technology commissioned a secondary-school education programme to engage young people in engineering biology, a frontier technology. The work uses CREST Awards, the British Science Association’s education programme, to support pupils to take part in science and engineering activities and achieve awards. The programme is intended to advance DSIT’s objective of building young people’s engagement with engineering biology. Delivery is associated with secondary schools across the UK; the wider CREST programme has previously involved schools nationwide and reaches substantial numbers of young people, including girls.

The procurement is complete and the contract is active. DSIT selected the British Association for the Advancement of Science through a direct award below the applicable threshold, without competition. The contract was signed on 24 September 2026 and runs from 24 September 2026 to 30 April 2027. Its value is £49,666.67 excluding VAT, or £59,600 including VAT. The procurement was organised as a single lot, awarded to the British Association for the Advancement of Science. The published procurement information does not set out further evaluation criteria or supplier eligibility requirements.

This award shows DSIT’s demand for a school-facing education programme that can make an emerging technology—engineering biology—accessible and engaging to young people. A credible future provider would need experience designing and delivering structured science education for secondary-school pupils, with the ability to support participation across schools and deliver recognised learning or achievement outcomes. The selected organisation brings an established national education programme and experience reaching large numbers of pupils, including girls. Suppliers with comparable education networks, programme-management capacity and evidence of effective youth engagement in science and engineering would be well placed to compete if this specific requirement returns to market. The award was made directly without competition, so suppliers should note that this route was used for this contract.

## Notice

DSIT has identified a programme that meets its objective of engaging young people in engineering biology, a frontier technology. CREST Awards is the British Science Associations's flagship education programme. Over 50,000 young people achieve CREST Awards each year, of whom 51% are girls. In 2021/22, over 1,100 schools across the UK took part in CREST.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/093541-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| 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 | 24 Sep 2026 - 30 Apr 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £49,666 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Department for Science, Innovation & Technology |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Postcode area | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1A 2EG |
| 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 | British Science Association |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 80 - Education and training services

### Codes

- 80200000 - Secondary education services

## Release History

- 2 Oct 2026 at 16:42 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/093541-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/093541-2026
  2nd October 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

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

## Provenance

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