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PS26187 - Research Security Due Diligence and Risk Assessment Tools: Strategic Market and User Research

How to read contract values: notice stages, dates and worked examples

DSIT · published 2 Nov 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 ID3c2e77b4-84b7-4324-bce2-96144893f96f-920094
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-77114869-c6e1-42e6-9302-562601a9bac8
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-272972
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

Values stay separate.

A tender estimate and an award value answer different questions. Neither is treated as cash paid.

Award value
£139,808
award field
Tender value
£150,000
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

***** THIS IS AN AWARD NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION ***** This procurement is being concluded following a competitive tinder against the RM6126 - Research & Insights DPS. The Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST) is seeking to understand the current landscape of research security due diligence and risk assessment tools, services and methodologies available to UK research organisations, how they are used in practice, and where capability gaps remain.

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

Reported dates, without an invented lifecycle.

The current projection contains one award release, not a verified chain of planning, tender, award, contract and modification records. Dates are shown in source-field order and are not silently repaired.

Source-date conflictAt least one reported end date precedes its corresponding start date. Check the official notice before using the schedule.
  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release2 Nov 2026
  2. 02Tender period startsTender-period field as published26 Oct 2026
  3. 03Tender period endsTender-period field as published25 Sept 2026End precedes start · verify
  4. 04Contract startsContract-period field as published26 Oct 2026
  5. 05Contract endsContract-period field as published31 Mar 2027
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

Published names and exact identifiers

A company profile appears only when this release carries a usable company number. Name-only suppliers remain name-only.

Published name only

Economic Research Services Limited

No legal entity is inferred from this supplier name.

SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 2 Nov 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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