Competition with a shortlist
Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Dsit
- Supplier
- Frontier Economics Limited SME
- Value
- £199,650
- Procedure
- Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system
- Sector
- Research & development · Research and development services and related consultancy services (CPV 73000000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
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- Timeline
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- Contract date8 Oct 2026
- Published13 Oct 2026Published 5 days after the contract date
Description
***** 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 This project will commission an independent market analysis of the UK connected products market, focusing on connected products that may be within scope of future cyber security policy and legislation. The research will develop a taxonomy of in-scope products, create a comprehensive dataset of organisations and provide analysis of manufacturers, developers, importers, distributors and retailers placing connected products on the UK market. The study will assess market structure, market concentration, international trade patterns, and the degree to which products are likely to comply with the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA). The requirement is driven by the need to develop a robust evidence base to support policy development, options assessment, impact assessment and future legislative…
About the supplier
Frontier Economics Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 03752719).