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Awarded · ResultStage · award

Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Areas of Research Interest Database

Communications EquipmentCPV 48612000
Value£45,000
Awarded16 Dec 2025
Published22 Dec 2025
RegionNationwide

£45,000 — awarded.

Outcome — awarded
Open Policy Limited (Overton)
Awarded value£45k
Award date16 Dec 2025

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Who to contact
sigcommercialapprovals@dsit.gov.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£45ktotal contract value
median £91k
this tender£0£1.1m

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The brief

The Government Office for Science (GOS) is awarding a service contract for the development and maintenance of the Areas of Research Interest (ARI) database, Ari.org.uk.

The database supports government departments in publishing and accessing ARI questions, primarily for external experts but also to be used by Civil Servants to improve coordination across departments.

The following conditions are met in relation to the public contract: Section 41, Schedule 5, Paragraph 5 - Single Supplier: (a) due to a particular supplier having intellectual property rights or other exclusive rights, only that supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and (b) there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

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Single Supplier: (a) due to a particular

Single Supplier: (a) due to a particular supplier having intellectual property rights or other exclusive rights, only that supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and (b) there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05fb36
Stage
award · Awarded
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
085253-2025
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