Published date: 9 February 2021

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 6 July 2020, 2pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£129,550

Procurement reference

CS19401- UK Geoenergy Observatories Public Engagement Programme to UKRI

Published date

9 February 2021

Closing date

6 July 2020

Closing time

2pm

Contract start date

28 August 2020

Contract end date

30 September 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

This programme of work aims to bring UK Geoenergy Observatories science and issues to life through a range of digital and physical educational and engagement resources for use with target audiences. The resources will become part of a broader communications and engagement programme being delivered by the BGS and NERC to engage people over the 15-year lifetime of the observatories with the science themes at the heart of the UK Geoenergy Observatories. These are:
• Subsurface science
• Open data from the deep
• Environmental issues
• Resource development
• The role of independent scientific evidence

Objectives
The objectives of the outreach work are to:
• Encourage more young people to consider geoscience and data science as career options
• Excite, enthuse and engage all audience groups with UK Geoenergy Observatories research
• Engage all audience groups with the relevance and importance of an independent evidence base for public good in environmental science
• Equip and support researchers to communicate their research and its issues with a broad range of stakeholders
• Equip people with the skills to understand the research method, process and its outputs

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

CS19401 UK Geoenergy Observatories Public Engagement Programme

  • Opportunity
  • Published 22 June 2020

Award information

Awarded date

28 August 2020

Contract start date

28 August 2020

Contract end date

30 September 2021

Total value of contract

£129,550

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

GLASGOW SCIENCE CENTRE LIMITED

Address

50 Pacific Quay
GLASGOW
Lanarkshire
G51 1EA
GB

Reference

Companies House number: SC184352

Value of contract

£129,550

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

Yes

About the buyer

Contact name

Chris Grant

Address

Polaris House,North Star Avenue
SWINDON
SN21FF
England

Email

professionalservices@uksbs.co.uk