UKRI-5371 CREST Award scheme

Official notice

Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)

Direct awardSME suitableVCSE suitable

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

Awarded value£1,000,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 29 Jan 2026no call for competition

Awarded to British Science Association2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

We seek to make a direct award to support the delivery of the CREST Awards

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1AwardedSMEVCSE

Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible

79410000 Business and management 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: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 2 Feb 2026, 12:01 GMT
Last source update: 16 Apr 2026, 18:07 BST
Authority reference: C0818
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-034914
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-061412 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights; Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification: CREST Awards enables young people across the UK to think and behave like scientists and engineers. Direct award to the British Science Association (BSA) to support the delivery of the CREST Awards. The intellectual property for the CREST Awards is held by Supplier.

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

11 Feb 2026 → 16 Apr 2026 · 2 dates

Standstill ends255 days ago
11 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
Notice published191 days ago
16 Apr 2026, 18:07 BST

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Feb 2026

Transparency notice published
2 Feb 2026, 12:01 GMT
UK5
Contract award notice published
2 Feb 2026, 15:24 GMT
UK6
Contract signature expected
13 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
scheduled
Contract details notice published
16 Apr 2026, 18:07 BST
UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value £1,000,0001 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once

Contracts signed 1latest 26 Mar 2026

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
British Science Association13 Feb 2026 – 30 Sept 2026	£1,000,000same award published again · counted once	29 Jan 2026standstill to 11 Feb 2026	Standstill
British Science Association	£1,000,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 2 · British Science Association
Signed
26 Mar 2026
Value
£1,000,000
Period
26 Mar 2026 – 31 Oct 2026
Status
active
No agreed KPIs: N/A

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PDQJ-7126-JDHG Polaris House, Swindon, Wiltshire, South West, SN2 1FLContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

British Science AssociationAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PBPR-1971-VLWT Wellcome Wolfson building, 165 Queen's gate, London,, London,, London, SW7 5HDContact 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 Apr 2026, 18:07 BST
Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender2 Feb 2026, 15:24 GMT
Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender2 Feb 2026, 12:01 GMT