Official UK procurement notice
UKRI-4897 Youth Vision and Voice Exploring Diversity with NERC
Authority: UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) (Central government)
Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: South West (UKK14)
Awarded value£203,997published award · inc. VAT
Awarded 10 Apr 2025no call for competition
Awarded to The Association for Science Discovery Centres
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionCommission for the delivery of a youth engagement project through regional science centre network. Building on existing Operational Earth programme - a programme of work to further foster equity, diversity and inclusion in environmental research with Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
The purpose of this commission to:
•open-up environmental science opportunities to young people across the UK, and
•support the talent pipeline of supply for future environmental scientists.
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The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Lot 1Awarded
73200000 Research and development consultancy services
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- 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
- Yes (GPA, CPTPP)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 8 Apr 2026, 11:13 BST
- Last source update
- 8 Apr 2026, 11:13 BST
- Authority reference
UKRI-4897- Latest notice
- Contract termination notice (UK11)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05019f
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
- The Direct Award is made due to technical grounds
How it was run
- Submission deadline
- —
Timeline
2 published dates · Europe/London- Standstill ends24 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST
- Notice published171 days ago8 Apr 2026, 11:13 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £203,9971 award inc. VAT — no net value published
Contracts signed 1latest 29 Apr 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Association for Science Discovery Centres29 Apr 2025 — 1 Apr 2026 · up to 1 May 2026Extensions: UKRI may extend this Contract for a period of up to four weeks by giving not less than two weeks’ notice in writing to the Supplier prior to the Expiry Date. The terms and conditions of this Contract shall apply throughout any such extended period | £203,997 inc. VAT | 10 Apr 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · The Association for Science Discovery Centres
- Signed
- 29 Apr 2025
- Value
- £203,997 inc. VAT
- Period
- 1 May 2025 — 1 Apr 2026 · up to 1 May 2026 with extensions
- Status
- terminated
- Extensions
- UKRI may extend this Contract for a period of up to four weeks by giving not less than two weeks’ notice in writing to the Supplier prior to the Expiry Date. The terms and conditions of this Contract shall apply throughout any such extended period
- Final value
- £169,998
- Termination
- contractCompleted
Notice history
8 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 11 Apr 2025- Contract termination notice published8 Apr 2026, 11:13 BSTUK11
- Status changed8 Apr 2026, 11:13 BST
- Procurement method changed8 Apr 2026, 11:13 BST
- Buyer details updated8 Apr 2026, 11:13 BST
- Contract details notice published1 May 2025, 12:54 BSTUK7
- Contract signature expected29 Apr 2025, 00:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract award notice published11 Apr 2025, 16:05 BSTUK6
- Transparency notice published11 Apr 2025, 14:15 BSTUK5
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-04: 1 release · 11 Apr 2025
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- The Association for Science Discovery CentresAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Conflict of interest declarationNot published
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract termination notice Contract termination notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender