NDL Hackathon Kickstarter Event UK7

Official notice

Authority: Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (Central government)

Below threshold - without competition

Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: UK

Awarded value£25,195published award · exc. VAT

Awarded 24 Jun 2026no call for competition

Awarded to Connected Places Catapult3 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The National Data Library is testing what public-sector departments need to do to make their data ready for LLMs and AI tools to access it effectively. The Met Office Kickstarter is one such case study, for which Connected Places Catapult (CPC) will deliver a one-day hackathon at the centre of this work.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: UK

79952000 Event services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Below threshold - without competition
Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 24 Jun 2026, 13:24 BST
Last source update: 16 Jul 2026, 13:52 BST
Authority reference: prj_7235
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-067281
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06bc28 Find a Tender

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Jun 2026

Transparency notice published
24 Jun 2026, 13:24 BST
UK5
Contract award notice published
24 Jun 2026, 16:02 BST
UK6
Contract signature expected
6 Jul 2026, 23:59 BST
scheduled
Contract details notice published
16 Jul 2026, 13:52 BST
UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 3

Awarded value £25,1951 award exc. VAT · 2 repeated publications of the same award counted once

Contracts signed 1latest 14 Jul 2026

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Connected Places Catapult6 Jul 2026 – 31 Jul 2026	£25,195	24 Jun 2026	Awarded
Connected Places Catapult6 Jul 2026 – 31 Jul 2026	£25,195same award published again · counted once	—	Standstill
Connected Places Catapult	£25,195 †same award published again · counted once	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 3 · Connected Places Catapult
Signed
14 Jul 2026
Value
£25,195
Period
14 Jul 2026 – 31 Aug 2026
Status
active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PVWZ-3216-PVQL 22 Whitehall, London, London, SW1A 2EGContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Connected Places CatapultAwarded supplierGB-COH: 11837978 1 Sekforde Street, London, London, London, EC1R 0BRContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender16 Jul 2026, 13:52 BST
Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender24 Jun 2026, 16:02 BST
Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender24 Jun 2026, 13:24 BST