PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

PS26164 - Business Interviews for Innovative Scale-ups

DSIT · published 28 Sept 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.

Contracts Finder release ID4cba1c88-57c0-4a4a-938b-b7b072fb723d-915700
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-b58e73ca-82b5-4dc5-9e89-3606c1de4071
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-273349
Release typeaward
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

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Award value
£149,557
award field
Tender value
Not disclosed
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 mini competition under the GCA RM6126 Research & Insights DPS Brief Description of Requirement Business interviews to understand business decisions of innovative (DSIT sector) scale-ups. The project will focus on how businesses make decisions when scaling up relating to - funding, talent, management, location

Tender statuscomplete
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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release28 Sept 2026
  2. 02Tender period startsTender-period field as published27 Sept 2026
  3. 03Tender period endsTender-period field as published27 Jul 2026End precedes start · verify
  4. 04Contract startsContract-period field as published27 Sept 2026
  5. 05Contract endsContract-period field as published31 Mar 2027
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

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Published name only

SQW Limited

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SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 28 Sept 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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