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Areas of Research Interest Database

Department for Science, Innovation & Technology · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 5 Oct 2026, 06:32.

Opportunity overview

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.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Open Policy Limited (Overton)

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Contract value
£45k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
6 Jan 2026
Including VAT
£54k
Award ID
1
Status
active
Location
London, UKI31, NW1 2DA, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-05fb36
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - without competition

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
Id
GB-PPON-PVWZ-3216-PVQL

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PVWZ-3216-PVQL

Address

Street Address
22 Whitehall
Locality
London
Postal Code
SW1A 2EG
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI32

Contact

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - central government
Organisation 2
Name
Open Policy Limited (Overton)
Id
GB-FTS-171404

Address

Street Address
210 Euston Road, London, England
Locality
London
Postal Code
NW1 2DA
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKI31

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
goods

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
48612000
Description
Database-management system

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-171404
Name
Open Policy Limited (Overton)

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Award ID
1
Title
ARI Database
Status
active
Has Renewal
Yes
Above Threshold
No
Date Signed
6 Jan 2026, 00:00

Period

Starts
7 Jan 2026, 00:00
Ends
8 Jan 2029, 23:59
Max Extent Date
8 Jan 2031, 23:59

Renewal

Description
The Buyer may extend the Contract for a period of 24 months in total (in two 12-month increments) if no suitable migration solution is found for the ari.org.uk site to be built on HMG AWS.

Value

Including VAT
54,000
Amount
45,000
Currency
GBP

Documents

Entry 1
Id
A-10291
Document Type
contractSigned
Format
application/pdf
Entry 2
Id
003109-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
14 Jan 2026, 13:41
Format
text/html

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · London · UKI32 · SW1A 2EG · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. 003109-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·