How to win: PS26195 - New Futures Procurement Framework

About this contract

1. Introduction The Government Office for Science (GO-Science) will shortly be undertaking a re-procurement of the current Futures Framework to ensure continued access to these critical services. The intended value of the new Open Framework will be £9,000,000 over a duration of six years. The Government Office for Science is the centre for Futures thinking in Government promoting strategic long-term thinking for better decision-making. The Framework will be a register of Futures practitioners from which HMG departments, Agencies and UK public bodies can quickly, and at low cost, identify and procure futures services to support longer-term strategic work and further develop these capabilities in government; ultimately creating better connections with external Futures expertise and building a stronger network of Futures practitioners within UK government. We encourage bids from new suppliers, as well as those who are on the existing framework. We will be holding a pre-market engagement session on Wednesday 6th August 11:00am to 12:00pm 2. Aims & Objectives To ensure that government departments, agencies and public bodies can undertake longer-term strategic work, with confiden

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Department for Science, Innovation & Technology scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £9,000,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 28 September 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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