Awarded contract

Researcher Development Concordat Secretariat

Details

Buyer: UK Shared Business Services - UKSBS
Supplier(s): Nottingham Trent University
Value: £75,152
Duration: 2 years
Topic: Research and development services and related consultancy services
Published: 16 May 2025
Source: uk:contracts_finder

Tender description

***** THIS IS AN AWARD NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION ***** This procurement is being concluded following a competitive procurement exercise. Brief Description of Requirement This requirement invites quotations to provide the secretariat for The Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers (commonly known as the Researcher Development Concordat, hereby referred to as the RDC) for two years (24 months) from the start of the contract. The RDC is an agreement between stakeholders to improve the employment and support for researchers and research careers in higher education in the UK. The secretariat plays a key role in maintaining the RDC by acting as the delivery body of the Researcher Development Concordat Strategy Group (RDCSG), who set the strategic and policy direction of the Concordat. The RDCSG is comprised of representatives from UK research funding bodies, higher education institutions, and other organisations and associations from within and outside of higher education that are signatories to the Concordat.

Timeline

Completed: Award date1 April 2025
Completed: Award published16 May 2025
Current notice
Next: Contract expiry date31 March 2027in 5 months

About the buyer

UK Shared Business Services - UKSBS is a central government shared services provider whose procurement team runs procurements for public bodies such as UK Research & Innovation. Frameworks hosted by the service, such as one for laboratory consumables, are open to eligible public bodies. Advice on procurement routes and supplier performance sits with the same team. Suppliers to the shared service centre itself have mostly been appointed through Crown Commercial Service frameworks.

Over the past 5 years, most of UK Shared Business Services - UKSBS's contract awards have been in business services, software and information systems and research and development.

Decision makers

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