Expired contract

Council for Science & Technology Event

Details

Buyer: Department for Science Innovation and Technology
Supplier(s): RAE TRADING LIMITED
Value: £12,900
Duration: 2 months
Topic: Event services
Published: 5 March 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

This contract covers venue hire and catering for the Council for Science and Technology (CST) quarterly meeting at the Royal Academy of Engineering in March 2026. The Presidents of the National Academies, including the Royal Academy of Engineering, are ex‑officio members of CST. Under their CST terms of reference, each of the four National Academies provides multi‑room access for CST meetings at a subsidised rate. ## Contract award Title: CST Event ## Contract award

Timeline

Completed: Award published5 March 2026
Current notice
Completed: Award date5 March 2026
Completed: Contract expiry date30 April 2026

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

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-science-innovation-and-technology.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-science-innovation-and-technology.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-science-innovation-and-technology.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-science-innovation-and-technology.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-science-innovation-and-technology.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-science-innovation-and-technology.gov