Awarded contract

PS26118 - UKSAC26_0030 European Space Agency Portfolio Monitoring and Evaluation

Details

Buyer: Department for Science Innovation and Technology
Supplier(s): KNOW. CONSULTING LIMITED
Value: £1,813,707.9
Duration: 2 years
Topic: Research services
Published: 1 September 2026
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 RM6126 Research & Insights DPS. Brief Description of Requirement This evaluation will provide the Agency with robust, timely evidence on the relevance, coherence and efficiency of UK investment in the ESA CM25 portfolio, incorporating-for the first time-complementary national programmes that are required to realise benefits from ESA investment. The evaluation will strengthen and standardise monitoring across the portfolio, address known challenges such as long benefits lags, attribution, overlapping investment periods and data gaps, and generate findings that can be used to inform CM28 prioritisation and wider UKSA decision-making.

Timeline

Completed: Award date12 August 2026
Completed: Award published1 September 2026
Current notice
Next: Contract expiry date31 March 2028in 2 years

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. Larger opportunities are advertised as notices on the Find a Tender Service. 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. Supplier diversity targets guide how contracts reach small and medium-sized enterprises across the supply chain.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

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.

Relevant CPV codes

73110000 · Research services

Decision makers

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