Contract award · 21 Aug 2025

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DESNZ & DSIT Group Commercial awarded a research & development contract to Prolific Research USA Inc for £5m. Awarded without open competition.

No competitionResearch & developmentLondon

Awarded without open competition

Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.

What “without competition” means

Key facts

Buyer
DESNZ & DSIT Group Commercial · National or federal agency/office
Value
£5,000,000
Procedure
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sector
Research & development · Research services (CPV 73110000)
Region
London
Timeline
  1. Contract date21 Aug 2025
  2. Published18 Sep 2025Published 28 days after the contract date

Description

To provide research services

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