Tender overview

Updated 14 July 2026

Buyer: UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)
Status: Complete
Procurement method: Open procedure
Category: services
CPV classification: Not supplied
Tender period: Not supplied — 4 August 2025

Description

The purpose is to procure a supplier to establish and operate the central Capability Hardware Enhanced RISC Instructions (CHERI) Tools and Software Hub. This Hub will be conceived as a strategic, collaborative engineering organisation essential for fostering unity and accelerating innovation within the nascent but critical CHERI-RISC-V ecosystem in the UK and beyond.

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02 Awards and contracts

Published award records

2 shown

Pending

UKRI-5006 CHERI TOOLS

Awarded: 26 August 2025
Award value: £833,333.33
Suppliers: 1
Signed contract: Not supplied

Active

UKRI-5006 CHERI TOOLS

Awarded: Not supplied
Award value: Not supplied
Suppliers: 1
Signed contract: 20 October 2025

03 Organisations

Buyers, suppliers and other parties

2 parties

Buyer

UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)

Polaris House, Swindon, Wiltshire, UKK14, SN2 1FL, United Kingdom

GB-PPON PDQJ-7126-JDHG

Supplier

The Good Penguin

Merlin House, Priory Drive, Langstone, Newport, UKL21, NP18 2HJ, United Kingdom

GB-PPON PNQV-7963-TGDH

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04 Provenance

Source for this process

FTS

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