UKRI-5448 2025 SciVal and Scopus renewal UKRI/EPSRC/STFC

Official notice

Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)

Direct award

Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: UK

Awarded value£128,279published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 24 Nov 2025no call for competition

Awarded to Elsevier B.V.2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) have awarded a contract to Elsevier for the continued provision of SciVal, a bibliometric analytics platform used for research evaluation, strategic analysis and statutory review across UKRI.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: UK

72200000 Software programming and 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: 20 Nov 2025, 10:22 GMT
Last source update: 8 Dec 2025, 10:20 GMT
Authority reference: UKRI-5448
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-080464
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05e516 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification: A change in supplier would result in incompatibility and disproportionate technical difficulties in operation or maintenance.

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

4 Dec 2025 → 8 Dec 2025 · 2 dates

Standstill ends324 days ago
4 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
Notice published321 days ago
8 Dec 2025, 10:20 GMT

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Nov 2025

Transparency notice published
20 Nov 2025, 10:22 GMT
UK5
Contract award notice published
24 Nov 2025, 10:26 GMT
UK6
Contract signature expected
5 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
scheduled
Contract details notice published
8 Dec 2025, 10:20 GMT
UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value £128,2791 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once

Contracts signed 1latest 5 Dec 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Elsevier B.V.5 Dec 2025 – 30 Nov 2026 · up to 1 Dec 2026Extensions: Yearly extension if applicable	£128,279same award published again · counted once	24 Nov 2025standstill to 4 Dec 2025	Standstill
Elsevier B.V.	£128,279 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

UKRI-5448 2025 SciVal and Scopus renewal UKRI/EPSRC/STFC · Elsevier B.V.
Signed
5 Dec 2025
Value
£128,279
Period
8 Dec 2025 – 30 Nov 2026
Status
active

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

Elsevier B.VAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PGHW-9864-HRDH Radarweg 29 1043 NX Amsterdam, Netherlands, Amsterdam, NL, 1043 NX, NLContact 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 Tender8 Dec 2025, 10:20 GMT
Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender24 Nov 2025, 10:26 GMT
Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender20 Nov 2025, 10:22 GMT