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Published 20 Feb 2026, 15:36 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

UKRI-5728 - UKRI DRI Programme

Official notice

Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)

Direct award
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: UKSouth East (UKJ14)
Awarded value£277,500published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 6 Mar 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Jisc

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Providing support for a federated ecosystem of large-scale compute and data infrastructures, software, skills, tooling and services.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: UK, South East
71354100 Digital mapping 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)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
20 Feb 2026, 15:36 GMT
Last source update
14 Oct 2026, 08:28 BST
Authority reference
UKRI-5728
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-096768
Latest notice
Contract termination notice (UK11)
Delivery area
UKSouth East (UKJ14)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-065985 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification

Supplier has the specific remit of operating JANET- the UK’s National Research and Educational Network, used across the UK Research and Education sectors

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

18 Mar 2026 → 14 Oct 2026 · 2 dates
  1. Standstill ends216 days ago
    18 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
  2. Notice published7 days ago
    14 Oct 2026, 08:28 BST

Notice history

5 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Feb 2026
  1. Transparency notice published
    20 Feb 2026, 15:36 GMT
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    6 Mar 2026, 14:31 GMT
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    19 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled
  4. Contract details notice published
    1 Apr 2026, 08:44 BST
    UK7
  5. Contract termination notice published
    14 Oct 2026, 08:28 BST
    UK11
Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2026-02: 1 release · 20 Feb 2026

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £277,5001 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 31 Mar 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Jisc19 Mar 2026 – 4 Aug 2026£277,5006 Mar 2026Awarded

Contracts

  • UKRI-5728 - UKRI DRI Programme · Jisc

    Signed
    31 Mar 2026
    Value
    £277,500
    Period
    1 Apr 2026 – 30 Sept 2026
    Status
    terminated
    Final value
    £277,500
    Termination
    contractCompleted

    No agreed KPIs: not required

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 email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • JISCAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PZZC-9926-PRNM 4 Portwall Lane, Bristol, England, Bristol, South West, BS1 6NBContact email

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure