Official UK procurement notice
PS25001 - Scientific Research and Advice for Government Dynamic Purchasing System - Ongoing DPS Application
Authority: The Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT) (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe final date and time for Ongoing DPS Applications to be submitted is Friday 9th February 2029 at 11:00 am
Suppliers who wish to join the DPS List must submit their Application Form on the Jaggaer eSourcing Portal. Application Forms can be submitted at any time during the period of validity of the DPS.
The Contracting Authority will review and evaluate each Application Form to determine whether the Minimum Selection Criteria are met, notify the Supplier as to whether its Application Form was successful or unsuccessful and update the DPS List within 15 working days of receipt of the Application Form. Note. The Contracting Authority require 15 working days because of the need to examine additional documentation or to otherwise verify whether the selection criteria are met, as permitted by Regulation 34 (17) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
DO NOT apply directly to the buyer.
All tender information MUST be submitted through the Jaggaer eSourcing Portal.
Brief Description of Requirement
UKSBS (Central Purchasing Body) on behalf of the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT) (the Contracting Authority) wishes to establish a Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for the provision of Scientific research & advice for Government.
UKSBS is managing this procurement process in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as may be amended from time to time) (the "Regulations")
This is a Services Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS).
The Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) shall be in operation until either the DPS exceeds its advertised value or an end date of 23rd February 2029, whichever occurs first.
You can apply to join the DPS at any point and don't require any special IT equipment as a DPS eliminates unnecessary activity for you upfront.
Full details of the DPS scope and Application information can be found within the notice attachments and within the attachment tab on the Jaggaer eSourcing portal
How to Apply
UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) will be using the Jaggaer eSourcing Portal for this procurement.
To register on the Jaggaer eSourcing portal please use the link beisgroup.ukp.app.jaggaer.com ↗ and follow the instructions to register as a supplier.
If you are already registered on the Jaggaer eSourcing Portal and wish to participate in this procurement, please use the link: beisgroup.ukp.app.jaggaer.com ↗.
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CPV: Research and Development services on security and defence materials · Research and development services and related consultancy services · Research services
How this dynamic market works
From the published notice- Type
- Dynamic market (open)
- Market period
- 3 yrs 10 mo from 28 Apr 2025
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1BackgroundPublished value£9,000,000
Background
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) works to accelerate innovation, investment and productivity through world-class science, ensure that new and existing technologies are safely developed and deployed across the UK and drive forward a modern digital government for the benefit of its citizens.
These goals, like many of the shared goals of government, requires robust scientific research and advice to enable greater evidence-based decision-making.
Therefore, DSIT is proposing a new Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for government to more effectively procure a range of scientific services from specialist suppliers. The intention is to allow policy teams working across government departments and Arms-Length Bodies (ALBs) the opportunity to access cutting-edge research, scientific advice and services from relevant experts to support delivery of government aims.
A full list of the Contracting Bodies that will be able to access this DPS can be found at: www.gov.uk/government/organisat… ↗
DPS Aim, Objectives and Scope
DSIT’s purpose is driving economic growth, improving the performance and productivity of government and empowering citizens.
We will achieve our purpose by maximising:
- the impact of government action to support R&D, science and technology on the UK's national and regional growth.
- value for money for the taxpayer by applying AI and digital technologies to transform the citizen's experience of public service by making it more effective, convenient and productive.
- the control people can exercise over their interaction with government by widening and deepening their digital skills, knowledge and trust in technology.
We propose this DPS as a method of simplifying access to scientific research and advice within government, impacting policymaking and delivery by better evidencing decision-making. This will reduce barriers to procuring R&D inputs across government, raise awareness of public and private organisations that can deliver scientific solutions, and ultimately improving the performance and productivity of government functions.
We anticipate this DPS will be utilised for research and development projects across a wide variety of scientific and technological fields in these broad areas:
- chemistry, engineering, mathematical sciences, physics, metrology, and materials
- biology, health research, infections and immunity, neurosciences and mental health
- atmospheric physics and chemistry, geosciences, ecology, biodiversity and climate
- astronomy, particle and nuclear physics, accelerator science and computational science
- Clean energy, nuclear, fusion, fission
- plants, animals (including humans) and microbes
(more fields may be considered).
The DPS is seeking expert science organisations with the in-house laboratory capability to design, conduct and disseminate scientific research projects for government departments. These projects may be highly diverse but should directly support government policy and decision-making through producing scientific evidence, with the goal of improving the evidence base that policy teams throughout government rely on, leading to greater opportunities to maximise societal benefits across the UK.
Suppliers may be commissioned to undertake scientific reviews, design and carry out experiments, or provide expert/technical advice on specific policy options for use by the public sector.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- “PS25001 - Scientific Research and Advice for Government Dynamic…” is a dynamic market: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
Competition for Research and development services (CPV 73), and who usually turns up
The Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (DSIT) has too little published record in this market to describe on its own. Published market evidence for the same work stands beside whatever it has. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Research and development services (CPV 73) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Across this market, small firms won 25% of awards with a known supplier size.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means registered in Greater London (authority’s region).
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Across this market, 43% of winners were registered in the delivery region.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 67 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The market share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Across this market, at least 24% of awarded procurements had no recorded rival.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid12%
2–317%
4–614%
7+57%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
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Lot #1BackgroundPublished estimate£9.0m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid3%
2–311%
4–622%
7+65%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
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Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
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A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
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Who could compete for this lot?
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|
DeloitteLarge | £277m109 awards in 36m · last this month | 24 live · £237m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 3% below n=14 |
SAC Commercial LtdLarge | £15m3 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 4 live · £15m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=2 |
| £18m11 awards in 36m · last 3 months ago | 4 live · £17m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | no comparable pairs | |
Frontier EconomicsLarge | £2.1m12 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 1 live · £167k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=3 |
| £1.1m9 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 1 live · £78k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 5% below n=1 |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open admission
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Dynamic market
- Who may use this agreement
- Any qualifying supplier may apply while the market is open
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 24 Jan 2025, 11:38 GMT
- Last source update
- 5 Nov 2025, 14:30 GMT
- Authority reference
PS25001- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-071299- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04d5faFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via Jaggaer- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Admission period ends
- 9 Feb 2029, 10:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- —
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
Timeline
17 Feb 2025 → 23 Feb 2029 · 5 dates- Next notice expected17 Feb 2025
- Contract starts28 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST
- Notice published349 days ago5 Nov 2025, 14:30 GMT
- Today20 Oct 2026
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown9 Feb 2029, 10:00 GMT
- Invitations to tender expected23 Feb 2029
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 Feb 2025- Status changed to active21 Feb 2025, 13:29 GMT
- Procurement method changed21 Feb 2025, 13:29 GMT
- Deadline published: 31 Mar 2025, 11:00 BST21 Feb 2025, 13:29 GMT
- Buyer details updated21 Feb 2025, 13:29 GMT
- Deadline moved to 9 Feb 2029, 10:00 GMT5 Nov 2025, 14:30 GMT+1411 days · was 31 Mar 2025, 11:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- The Department for Science Innovation and TechnologyContracting authorityCentral purchasing bodyBody governed by public lawGeneral public services
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- UK Shared Business Services LtdReview body
Process and specification contact points (1)
- UK Shared Business ServicesProcess contact point
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria