Published date: 14 January 2026

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


Closing: 1 December 2025, 2pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£0 to £15,000

Procurement reference

PS25250

Published date

14 January 2026

Closing date

1 December 2025

Closing time

2pm

Contract start date

19 January 2026

Contract end date

31 March 2027

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established dynamic purchasing system.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

***** THIS IS AN AWARD NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION *****

This procurement is being concluded following a mini competition under the Crown Commercial Services RM6126 Research & Insights DPS

Brief Description of Requirement

STFC Hartree Centre wishes to understand the impact of its investment in advancing the adoption of digital technologies including supercomputing, data science, artificial intelligence and quantum computing through our industry engagement. HNCDI supports R&D projects alongside our training and upskilling programme for UK industry and public sector partners and the wider digital technologies landscape. The evidence collected for this evaluation will be used to present to internal and external stakeholders to demonstrate the breadth of impact generated by the HNCDI programme and to test the assumptions made in the original business case. In line with the Magenta Book, the report and any case studies or visual material produced as part of this evaluation will be made publicly available at the discretion of STFC Hartree Centre.

Award information

Awarded date

12 January 2026

Contract start date

19 January 2026

Contract end date

31 March 2027

Total value of contract

£137,450

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Technopolis Limited

Address

3 Pavilion Buildings,
Brighton,
BN1 1EE

Reference

No reference - other

Value of contract

£137,450

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Alex Marks

Address

Polaris House
SWINDON
SN21FF
England

Email

professionalservices@uksbs.co.uk