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ONP Evaluation

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01/ The notice

Key facts

Value: £599,760Estimated value stated in the notice
Deadline (UK time): Fri 17 Jul 2026, 13:00 BSTA deadline does not apply to this historical notice. The source records Fri 17 Jul 2026, 13:00 BST, which is not an open deadline.
Published: 15 Oct 2026
Region: Any region

02/ The brief

What the notice says

Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.

The project is being commissioned by Digital Infrastructure (DI), a directorate within the

Department of Science and Innovation Technology (DSIT) (the Contracting Authority).

The Term of the Contract is 12 months. The maximum budget available for this contract is

£600,000 (excluding VAT). Any extension would need to be agreed with the Contracting

Authority in accordance with the contractual clauses.

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) is commissioning an

evaluation of the UK Government's Open Networks Programme (ONP), a £295.5m portfolio

of 11 interventions supporting research, development, testing, and market adoption of open

and interoperable network technologies, principally Open Radio Access Networks (Open

RAN). The first funded activities started in summer 2021, and the final activities concluded in

March 2026. Through this procurement, we are seeking specialist evaluation services to

deliver an interim evaluation of the programme, encompassing robust mixed method

analysis, aligned with HM Treasury's Magenta Book guidance on evaluation design and the

Green Book's principles of appraisal, value for money and risk management.

03/ Classification

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.

73000000

04/ History

Releases of this notice

2 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.

15 Oct 2026
Award notice
Award notice published 15 October 2026.
Deadline in this release: Fri 17 Jul 2026, 13:00 BST.
Release 99f3e70f-1dc7-4080-a63c-8259a4b9a3dc-917952
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15 Oct 2026
Contract notice
Contract notice published 15 October 2026. The source does not state what changed.
Release cf-v2:cc2eba7a7fe0d82c6ae5a4728ff73fdb6316e6435d7cd51354d9af8244da2fe3
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05/ Limits

What the source does not tell us

None recorded for the fields above. Attached documents are not read, so this is not a full account of the tender.

06/ Questions

About this notice

DSIT published this notice.

Estimated value stated in the notice: £599,760.

07/ Related

Where to go next

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Reference: 99f3e70f-1dc7-4080-a63c-8259a4b9a3dc
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Stage: award · Awarded
Last verified: Fri 16 Oct 2026, 10:28 BST
Read at: Fri 16 Oct 2026, 19:09 BST

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