PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

EdTech Testbed Programme procurement Lot 2 (Con_32287)

Department for Education · published 23 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 ID557f5215-ef73-46a1-a812-56cd359730b3-915112
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-7a685df5-8bff-47cf-a759-a2fb8cd270d9
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-124582
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
£14,200,000
award field
Tender value
£14,200,000
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 not a call for competition** This is the contract award notice for "EdTec Testbed Programme Procurement Lot 2 ". The competition was carried out using the CCS RM6126 Research & Insights Marketplace DPS.

Tender statuscomplete
STAGE-DATE LEDGER

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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.

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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release23 Sept 2026
  2. 02Tender period startsTender-period field as published14 Sept 2026
  3. 03Tender period endsTender-period field as published4 Jun 2026End precedes start · verify
  4. 04Contract startsContract-period field as published14 Sept 2026
  5. 05Contract endsContract-period field as published4 Apr 2030
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

Published names and exact identifiers

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Published name only

Ipsos (market research) Ltd

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SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 23 Sept 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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