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PS25356 Impact of Inference at the Edge (RAF043/2526)

DESNZ · published 25 Mar 2026. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

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Contracts Finder release ID0cc8779b-d5bc-4cae-ba00-343476ebb9cb-889946
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-928392b1-45c1-4e0d-8321-6a46322b0caf
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-271634
Release typeawardUpdate
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

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Award value
£79,200
award field
Tender value
£79,200
tender field
Procurement method
Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
Category
services
CPV
73000000
Research and development services and related consultancy services
Delivery
British Oversea Territories
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

***Modification of the Contract*** Contract Variation PS25356 001 - To amend the contract end date from 31st March 2026 to 30th June 2026 and to update the Project Milestone Schedule. ***** THIS IS AN AWARD NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION ***** This procurement is being concluded following a mini competition under the CCS RM6126 Research and Insights DPS. Brief Description of Requirement Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) require a report which will outline the electricity impacts of having decentralised inference as opposed to centralised demand in data centres. The impacts will be considered for each of the scenarios selected in the methodology.

Tender statuscomplete
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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release25 Mar 2026
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published16 Jan 2026
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published11 Feb 2026
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published31 Mar 2026
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

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Published name only

Edinburgh Innovations

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SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 25 Mar 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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