Published date: 24 November 2023

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


Closing: 18 October 2023, 11am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0 to £83,333

Procurement reference

tender_391048/1286703

Published date

24 November 2023

Closing date

18 October 2023

Closing time

11am

Contract start date

23 November 2023

Contract end date

31 March 2024

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 CCS RM6126 Research & Insights DPS

Brief Description of Requirement
Research is required to undertake a comprehensive mapping exercise to articulate the size, scope, nature and functions of the Chinese research ecosystem in a way that provides a generalised baseline understanding to support UK science, innovation and technology. This understanding will need to be sufficiently generic to support a range of purposes, from policy-related decision making to operational delivery, but offer depth enough to be usable beyond surface-level insight.

This project will respond to the challenges described above by mapping the Chinese research ecosystem and disseminating findings through the development and delivery of workshops for UK Government officials. The project will require open-source, desk-based research focusing on STEM (science, technology, innovation and mathematics) disciplines and make use of a wide range of sources. A focus is required on relationships between ecosystem features and strategic state objectives including military-civil fusion, technological self-sufficiency and tackling science and technology bottlenecks

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Award information

Awarded date

3 November 2023

Contract start date

23 November 2023

Contract end date

31 March 2024

Total value of contract

£83,333

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

RAND Europe

Address

UNITED KINGDOM

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

Polaris House, North Star Avenue
Swindon
SN2 1FF
England

Email

professionalservices@uksbs.co.uk