PS25337 - International Benchmarking
Details
- Supplier(s)
- Frazer-Nash Consultancy Limited
- Value
- £77,044
- Duration
- 2 months
- Topic
- Research and development services and related consultancy services
- Published
- 2 February 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 the Crown Commercial Services RM6126 Research & Insights DPS Brief Description of Requirement DSIT's Advanced Materials team are seeking to commission a report on international benchmarking for the advanced materials technology family, to provide insights into emerging advanced materials domains where international research and innovation collaboration could unlock strategic opportunities and help to position the UK as a global hub for materials innovation. The project will inform DSIT development of the National Materials Innovation Programme announced in the Modern Industrial Strategy, where Advanced Materials was named as a priority frontier industry. The primary output of this work is a comprehensive research report that will benchmark the UK's advanced materials sector against leading international peers, such as Germany, Spain, Australia, Netherlands and Canada. Benchmarking should be conducted against the following identifiable criteria; best practices, policy levers, innovation strengths and gaps, thereby informing UK policy on how to increase the UKs global competitiveness in advanced materials.
Timeline
- Completed: Award date30 January 2026
- Completed: Award published2 February 2026Current notice
- Completed: Contract expiry date31 March 2026
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.
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| 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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