# PS22380 - Good Practice Exchange - State of the Nation Commission - MC

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
- Contract winner: Careers Research & Advisory Centre \(CRAC\) Ltd
- Award value: £99,865
- Tender value: £100,000
- Award date: 20 December 2022
- Published: 4 January 2023
- Contract start: 12 December 2022
- Contract end: 31 July 2023
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 123c6d6c-ca5e-4364-aebc-a17372437eb8-602949
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-7c2728c7-f438-430a-ad28-e79eda7fa9d4

## Description

\*\*\*\*\* THIS IS AN AWARD NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION \*\*\*\*\* This procurement is being concluded following a mini competition under the Crown Commercial Services - RM6126 - Research & Insights DPS Aims and Scope The aim of this project is to map current and past activity to improve the UK culture and environment across the R&I sector\. This will include: - Mapping the system o Developing an understanding what projects there are across the UK aimed at improving research and innovation culture both within the public and private sector o Identifying where projects have the following elements - Co-creation: projects designed and conducted in partnership with other community stakeholders, or where opportunities for partnerships may be present - Evaluation: projects with evaluation designed in from the beginning, building the evidence base for culture change - Sharing: projects that are built on the assumption that all findings will be shared with the wider R&I community - Develop an understanding of the content of the mapping: o Developing nomenclature and framework to describe the programmes o Identify thematic areas of activity to help cluster and map similar activities o Develop an understanding of what the weaknesses in this space are\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/123c6d6c-ca5e-4364-aebc-a17372437eb8-602949)