PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

PS26224 - RAF 024/2627 - CFP Research (2-Years)

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

DESNZ · published 5 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.

Contracts Finder release IDaa6f6b92-7a56-419b-acb1-b4fa1b3360d7-920615
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-7fc18c40-1f03-452c-acaa-d20925f771bb
Buyer identifierGB-CFS-302674
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
£216,684
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 The Committee on Fuel Poverty (CFP) is an independent advisory body with an annual research budget of £120k, which DESNZ helps to facilitate and manage. The team is currently at the scoping stage of the Committee on Fuel Poverty (CFP)'s 2026/27 research project. The CFP have decided to undertake a two-year programme of research. This would mean procuring a project that spans both FY 2026/27 and FY 2027/28, with the contractor being funded from two separate financial year budgets.

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 release5 Nov 2026
  2. 02Tender period startsTender-period field as published9 Nov 2026
  3. 03Tender period endsTender-period field as published16 Oct 2026End precedes start · verify
  4. 04Contract startsContract-period field as published9 Nov 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

CENTRE FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY

No legal entity is inferred from this supplier name.

SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 5 Nov 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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