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Awarded · ResultStage · award

UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)

UKRI-5157 Consultancy services

Business ServicesCPV 79417000
Value£160,000
Awarded20 Oct 2025
Published5 Nov 2025
RegionNationwide

£160,000 — awarded.

Outcome — awarded
Tom Murdoch Consulting
Awarded value£160k
Award date20 Oct 2025

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

Who to contact
STFC Procurement
stfcprocurement@ukri.org

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£160ktotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£1.6m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Business Services band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 57,319 valued Business Services tenders in our corpus.

The brief

UK Research and Innovation had a requirement for highly specialist Physical, Cyber and National Security consultancy services to support the NQCC facility and Harwell Campus QUILT Facilities.

Due to the classified nature of the work and the need for DV-cleared expertise, GCHQ specifically recommended Tom Murdoch Consulting as the only suitable provider.

A competitive tender would risk critical disruption to national security operations and delay essential accreditation, making a direct award the only viable option.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

UK Research and Innovation had a requirement

UK Research and Innovation had a requirement for highly specialist Physical, Cyber and National Security consultancy services to support the NQCC facility and Harwell Campus QUILT Facilities.

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The gates

What this notice demands of you

1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

DV (developed vetting) clearancePersonnel clearance & vetting · per person
Due to the classified nature of the work and the need for DV-cleared expertise, GCHQ specifically recommended Tom Murdoch Consulting as the only suitable provider.

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What this bid requires

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d878
Stage
award · Awarded
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
071138-2025
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