Awarded contract

Researchfish Explorer Subscription 2026–2027

Details

Buyer: Department for Science Innovation and Technology
Supplier(s): Elsevier B.V.
Value: £28,530.18
Duration: 5 months
Topic: Software package and information systems
Published: 15 October 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

This contract is a direct award under Schedule 5, Paragraph 5 of the Procurement Act 2023 (intellectual property rights or other exclusive rights). The requirement is for continued access by UK Space Agency to the proprietary Researchfish Explorer platform, owned and supplied exclusively by Elsevier B.V.. The subscription provides access to grant outcome data to support the monitoring and analysis of research and innovation outcomes arising from funded activities. As the intellectual property, software and access rights are controlled by Elsevier B.V., competition is absent because the requirement can only be supplied by the holder of the relevant exclusive rights. ## Contract award

Timeline

Completed: Award published15 October 2026
Current notice
Completed: Award date15 October 2026
Next: Contract expiry date31 March 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

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