Procurement

Areas of Research Interest Database

  • Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05fb36

Description

The Government Office for Science (GOS) is awarding a service contract for the development and maintenance of the Areas of Research Interest (ARI) database, Ari.org.uk. The database supports government departments in publishing and accessing ARI questions, primarily for external experts but also to be used by Civil Servants to improve coordination across departments.

The following conditions are met in relation to the public contract:

Section 41, Schedule 5, Paragraph 5 - Single Supplier: (a) due to a particular supplier having intellectual property rights or other exclusive rights, only that supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and (b) there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works.

VAT is recoverable on this contract.

Notices

UK7: Contract details notice

Notice identifier
2026/S 000-003109
Published
14 January 2026, 1:41pm

UK6: Contract award notice

Notice identifier
2025/S 000-085253
Published
22 December 2025, 10:08am