Expired contract

NHM004 - Chalk-Dating Tool - MC

Details

Buyer: Department for Science Innovation and Technology
Supplier(s): Venturebright Limited
Value: £25,000
Duration: 3 months
Topic: Market research services
Published: 20 February 2024
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

***** THIS IS AN AWARD NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION ***** This procurement is being concluded following a mini competition under the Technology Transfer and Commercialisation DPS - Category 1, Market Research and Market Need. Summary of requirements The Innovation Unit at NHM was recently set up with a dual mission of creating more impact and reach from their science and diversify income streams to realise the full value of NHM science. One key opportunity for exploitation is that of their chalk-dating tool. It is anticipated that such technology would have wide applications however, the potential markets are not yet fully understood and NHM welcome challenges to their assumptions and the identification of new markets. In order to evaluate the feasibility and to directly inform the future commercialisation strategy for bringing this technology to market, this DPS call-off is to provide support to the NHM in understanding, assessing and recommending the most promising market opportunities for this technology.

Timeline

Completed: Award date19 February 2024
Completed: Award published20 February 2024
Current notice
Completed: Contract expiry date31 May 2024

About the buyer

The Department for Science Innovation and Technology is a central government department, and a dedicated commercial directorate leads on its procurement work alongside project and delivery teams. Common goods and services are bought through Crown Commercial Service frameworks. UK Shared Business Services, a shared-services provider, manages many of the department's lower-value procurements on its behalf. Low-value orders require multiple supplier quotes to ensure value for money.

Over the past 5 years, most of the Department for Science Innovation and Technology's contract awards have been in IT services, research and development and software and information systems.

Decision makers

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