01 Procurement
Tender overview
- Buyer
- UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)
- Status
- Complete
- Procurement method
- Open procedure
- Category
- services
- CPV classification
- Not supplied
- Tender period
- Not supplied — 4 September 2025
Description
UKRI want to commission a supplier to deliver a new UK-wide celebration to engage the public, particularly young people, with research and innovation(R&I). This will be delivered through the following 5 work packages over the duration of the six years: • Work package 1: coordinated UK-wide activities that celebrate and showcase R&I and supports people Main Category (particularly young people and those from minoritised communities and those underrepresented in R&I) to engage with R&I through co-produced local and regional activity. • Work package 2: grants programmes to support those from minoritised communities and underrepresented groups to engage with R&I through community-led events and local activities in schools throughout the year. • Work package 3: a programme of deliberative dialogues with young people to explore their views and concerns about R&I, providing unique insights into young people’s relationship with R&I and enabling their views to inform and influence decision-making in R&I. • Work package 4: support for sharing learning between this programme of activity and existing knowledge festivals, museums, science centres and other relevant organisations. • Work package 5: summative and formative evaluation to understand and share what works in informal engagement with R&I. N.B. UKRI will require the successful supplier to deliver all the work packages detailed above.
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02 Awards and contracts
Published award records
UKRI-4643 UK- wide Celebration of Research and Innovation.
- Awarded
- 4 December 2025
- Award value
- £3,297,384.18
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- Not supplied
UKRI-4643 UK- wide Celebration of Research and Innovation.
- Awarded
- Not supplied
- Award value
- Not supplied
- Suppliers
- 1
- Signed contract
- 2 September 2026
03 Organisations
Buyers, suppliers and other parties
UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)
Polaris House, Swindon, Wiltshire, UKK14, SN2 1FL, United Kingdom
GB-PPON PDQJ-7126-JDHGBritish Science Association
Wellcome Wolfson building, 165 Queen's gate, London,, London, UKI33, SW7 5HD, United Kingdom
GB-PPON PBPR-1971-VLWTCompanies House links appear only for explicit GB-COH identifiers. BritDB does not create company links from a similar name or address.
04 Provenance
Source for this process
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