Awarded contract

Government Office for Technology Transfer - PRIMA 4

Details

Buyer: Department for Science Innovation and Technology
Supplier(s): The Helix way
Value: £78,415
Duration: 2 months
Topic: Market research services
Published: 12 October 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

The contract is to deliver the fourth iteration of GOTT’s market discovery accelerator programme, the Public Research Innovation and Market Accelerator (PRIMA 4). The supplier is expected to deliver the PRIMA programme which is a service to support the development of Knowledge Assets (KAs) at an early stage of research-led commercialisation, equivalent to the “Discover” stage of the ICURe programme. ## Contract award

Timeline

Completed: Award published12 October 2026
Current notice
Completed: Award date12 October 2026
Next: Contract expiry date14 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.

Relevant CPV codes

79310000 · Market research services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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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