# Pure Academia - £10k Challenges

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Home Office](/buyers/home-office/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £10,000
- Published: 17 July 2023
- Planned start: 1 January 2024
- Planned end: 31 December 2024
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: a8346e93-a600-46a8-abf1-92a019229ee4-662630
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-5341fdab-5ac5-4092-8c20-097211f80ea3

## Description

NOTE: This opportunity is only open to UK higher education institutions, designated bodies that can award degrees\. The Home Office is trialling an initiative to engage with UK academic institutions through a series of low value commissions \(no more than £10k ex\. VAT value, released over the next 12 months\) in the areas of: - Physical science, - Behaviour and social science and - Data and Digital, all within a security context\. These opportunities will be posted through the Basware tenders portal and organisations interested to receive them will need to be registered to it\. If this Notice is of interest, please email chris\.penny1@homeoffice\.gov\.uk with the following information: 1\. In the subject line to your email, please state "Pure Academia - £10k Challenges"\. 2\. Provide in the body text to your mail your organisation's name and address\. 2\. Provide your organisation's Dun and Bradstreet number\. 3\. Provide the email address of the department needing to register to the Basware platform in order to receive subsequent tender opportunities\. Further information will be provided upon receipt of an expression of interest to participate\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/a8346e93-a600-46a8-abf1-92a019229ee4-662630)