AIRR Programme Lead and Design Support
Details
- Supplier(s)
- RED OAK CONSULTING LLP
- Value
- £498,300
- Duration
- 6 months
- Topic
- Technical services
- Published
- 7 July 2026
- Source
- uk:contracts_finder
Tender description
This contract provides continued specialist advisory support to DSIT across cloud and HPC procurement and strategic programme development activities. The supplier will provide technical, commercial and strategic expertise on a flexible call-off basis, supporting the refinement of cloud procurement activity and the development of options and delivery plans for the future expansion of the AI Research Resource (AIRR). The extension ensures continuity of knowledge and specialist capability during a critical phase of programme delivery and decision-making.
Timeline
- Completed: Award date1 July 2026
- Completed: Award published7 July 2026Current notice
- Next: Contract expiry date31 December 2026in 2 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.
| Contact name | 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 |
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