Published date: 8 October 2020

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 4 November 2020, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research services - 73110000

Location of contract

United Kingdom, Isle of Man, Channel Islands

Value of contract

£10,000 to £25,000

Procurement reference

BIP531490954

Published date

8 October 2020

Closing date

4 November 2020

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 December 2020

Contract end date

12 March 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

Research services. The contracting authority (DCMS) is looking to appoint a service provider to support ensuring that the UK's cyber sector is addressing the needs of the future. In particular, DCMS requires the service provider to map the technical challenges underlying current and emerging threats across the cyber-security landscape and use this to inform how these threats can be grouped and addressed by cutting edge research emerging from both UK and global research labs. This would be used to inform the following:
-whether new companies can be created to specifically address these challenges more rapidly than the traditional spin-out process, and
-what academic research the UK should be pursuing over the next 5 years in order to create a sustained advantage on the global stage and the DCMS cyber-security strategy more broadly.

More information

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Additional text

The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.

About the buyer

Contact name

DCMS Commercial

Address

1st Floor,
100 Parliament Street,
London
SW1A 2BQ
England

Telephone

02072116000

Email

commercial@dcms.gov.uk