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# GSCIP Graph-Style Database

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/gscip-graph-style-database-ocds-h6vhtk-0487ac). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Department for Business & Trade: "GSCIP Graph-Style Database". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £5,000,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Department for Business & Trade](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-for-business-trade-gov-d1382)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £5,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Data services, Database and operating software package
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0487ac`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/gscip-graph-style-database-ocds-h6vhtk-0487ac#tl-md)

## Description
This Notice signals DBT’s intention to go to market to replace the current contract for the Global Supply Chains Intelligence Programme (GSCIP) Knowledge Graph which expires in March 2025 and is for Market Engagement purposes only.  This notice contains a link to a confidential survey that DBT will use to gather information on your offerings. Your responses will help inform our specification of requirements. 
DBT leads a cross-government programme that combines both government (HMG), private sector and open-source data sets to build global supply chain understanding.  At the heart of this programme is a ring-fenced graph style database stored in our own secure Virtual Private Cloud (VPC).

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 48600000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** GSCIP is a project led by DBT and currently supported by six other departments which has combined HMG, private sector and open-source data to build detailed global supply chain maps at commodity and company level using a knowledge graph, and graph da...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F024520-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-08-05T13:31:17.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T05:23:33.457Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0487ac