Awarded contract

Jobs Data for Industrial Strategy

Details

Buyer: Department for Science Innovation and Technology
Supplier(s): TextKernel
Value: £13,650
Duration: 1 year
Topic: Data supply services
Published: 5 March 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

This notice provides details of a contract awarded to TextKernel, a data supplier who provide jobs data which informs and impacts DSIT’s contribution to the Industrial Strategy. Data has been used since 2022 and it is considered a business-critical dataset within the department. The data is sent to the subject matter expert as raw data, and is also now available as a CBAS integration, which means that it is accessible by unlimited users within DSIT in a user-friendly way across the department. ## Contract award ## Contract award

Timeline

Completed: Award published5 March 2026
Current notice
Completed: Award date5 March 2026
Next: Contract expiry date6 April 2027in 5 months

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