Government buyer, operational controller and programme-resource authority

UK Department for Science,Innovation and Technology

The UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology is the government department housing the National Security Online Information Team and purchasing related analysis and technical services. The retained record also places it in funding and oversight arrangements for other programmes, including specialist intellectual-property enforcement.

Purchased services and retained government responsibilities

Departmental records show a GBP56,736 payment to Crisp Thinking (UK) Limited on 5 February 2025 and GBP118,000 to The Global Strategy Network Ltd on 12 September 2025. These are individual payments, not contract totals. A ministerial answer distinguishes GSN's narrative analysis from Faculty's platform development. Procurement material assigns government staff technical priorities and testing; disclosed variation terms provide source-code access and third-party maintenance rights, without establishing execution or delivery. Separate accounts record a GBP2.533 million IPO dividend to DSIT for PIPCU costs in 2025/26.

What the records show

UK Department for Science,Innovation and TechnologyThe Global Strategy Network Ltd

publishes payment to named analysis supplier

2025-09-12 – 2025-09-12

Original CSV data row107 records GBP118,000 on12September2025, transaction719926, for consultancy in the SOH Information Threats and Security Programme. Contract/project/expenditure-type cells are blank; supplier identity is a name match, not a company number in the CSV. VAT basis, service period and invoice scope remain unknown. This is one payment, not a contract ceiling, annual budget or handover date. Financial details: value: 118,000; currency: GBP; kind: published departmental payment; period: 12September2025;transaction719926;VAT/serviceperiodunknown

UK Department for Science,Innovation and TechnologyCrisp Thinking(UK) Limited

publishes supplier payment for professional services

2025-02-05 – 2025-02-05

Data row94 transaction654609:GBP56736,5February2025,Security&OnlineHarms/NSOIT&TechProgramme. CSV supplier-name matched to register; number absent fromCSV. Payment not contract total/net revenue; VAT,invoice period,deliverables unknown. No join to2023 award,WEF,Australia orOSCAR. Financial details: value: 56,736; currency: GBP; kind: published departmental payment; period: 2025-02-05;transaction654609;VATunknown

UK Department for Science,Innovation and TechnologyPolice Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU)

announced baseline support through IPO forApril2026–March2029

2026-03-09 – 2026-03-09

March2026 announcement commits approximately£3m annually, through IPO, for the three-year period. Amount is an announced approximate annual baseline, not an executed payment schedule or£9m observed cash total. Written answer19March confirms duration. Financial details: value: 3,000,000; currency: GBP; kind: approximate annual baseline commitment; period: April2026–March2029; per year, not three-year paid total

UK Department for Science,Innovation and TechnologyCounter-Disinformation Data Platform

tender assigns government team technical priorities and testing

The DSIT product manager owns sprint priorities and user research; its programme manager leads strategy; analysts test as expert users. A prioritised backlog, government sprint goals and quarterly workshops are proposed working arrangements, not verified practice or supplier authority over policy.

UK Department for Science,Innovation and TechnologyCDDP retained licensed IP

variation provides perpetual buyer licence with misuse obligations

AppendixC1-7 provides a buyer licence and authorised third-party use. The buyer must investigate evidenced misuse, use reasonable endeavours to secure correction and terminate the applicable sublicense for sustained breach, subject to procurement rules. These are terms, not observed exercises.

Faculty Science LimitedUK Department for Science,Innovation and Technology

variation requires accessible source code and documentation

AppendixC7 on PDF111 continues onto112: source code and relevant documentation must be available to the buyer and its contractors in an accessible repository and usable format. The obligation does not prove delivery, completeness, successful maintenance or general public release.

UK Department for Science,Innovation and TechnologyBuyer-authorised CDDP contractors

variation permits buyer to authorise third-party services

AppendixC2,4-5 allows maintenance, hosting, development and adaptation for the buyer without a direct licence or other agreement with Faculty. It does not prove any replacement contractor was appointed or that practical switching costs were low.

UK Department for Science,Innovation and TechnologyFaculty102548 variationNo2 — disclosed copy

disclosed variation names department asbuyer

PDF101-102:SecretaryofStateforDSIT andFacultyScience. Dated16August2023/effective17March2023,expiry31March2024. Visiblecopy signature/name/title/datefields uncompleted withoutblackredaction;executionunestablished.

Further reading

CDDP evaluation, acceptance and continuation of funding

Who instructs NSOIT's monitoring suppliers?

Crisp, Resolver and the commercial implementation layer

PIPCU funding design: reported annual signing, unacquired pilot conditions

PIPCU funding, staffing and financial conditions

Supplier identity, purchased analysis and the government data platform

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What the connections say

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UK Department for Science,Innovation and Technologypublishes supplier payment for professional servicesCrisp Thinking(UK) Limited

2025-02-05 – 2025-02-05

Data row94 transaction654609:GBP56736,5February2025,Security&OnlineHarms/NSOIT&TechProgramme. CSV supplier-name matched to register; number absent fromCSV. Payment not contract total/net revenue; VAT,invoice period,deliverables unknown. No join to2023 award,WEF,Australia orOSCAR.

Financial details: value: 56,736; currency: GBP; kind: published departmental payment; period: 2025-02-05;transaction654609;VATunknown

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UK Department for Science,Innovation and Technologypublishes payment to named analysis supplierThe Global Strategy Network Ltd

2025-09-12 – 2025-09-12

Original CSV data row107 records GBP118,000 on12September2025, transaction719926, for consultancy in the SOH Information Threats and Security Programme. Contract/project/expenditure-type cells are blank; supplier identity is a name match, not a company number in the CSV. VAT basis, service period and invoice scope remain unknown. This is one payment, not a contract ceiling, annual budget or handover date.

Financial details: value: 118,000; currency: GBP; kind: published departmental payment; period: 12September2025;transaction719926;VAT/serviceperiodunknown

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UK Department for Science,Innovation and Technologytender assigns government team technical priorities and testingCounter-Disinformation Data Platform

The DSIT product manager owns sprint priorities and user research; its programme manager leads strategy; analysts test as expert users. A prioritised backlog, government sprint goals and quarterly workshops are proposed working arrangements, not verified practice or supplier authority over policy.

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UK Department for Science,Innovation and Technologyvariation provides perpetual buyer licence with misuse obligationsCDDP retained licensed IP

AppendixC1-7 provides a buyer licence and authorised third-party use. The buyer must investigate evidenced misuse, use reasonable endeavours to secure correction and terminate the applicable sublicense for sustained breach, subject to procurement rules. These are terms, not observed exercises.

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Faculty Science Limitedvariation requires accessible source code and documentationUK Department for Science,Innovation and Technology

AppendixC7 on PDF111 continues onto112: source code and relevant documentation must be available to the buyer and its contractors in an accessible repository and usable format. The obligation does not prove delivery, completeness, successful maintenance or general public release.

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UK Intellectual Property Officerecorded an additional dividend paid to cover PIPCU costsUK Department for Science,Innovation and Technology

FY2025/26 ended31March2026

Reported by the cited source

IPO accounts record£2.533m paid to DSIT inFY2025/26, covering PIPCU actual costs since the previous additional dividend. Comparative£2.624m belongs toFY2024/25. Neither is proof of a direct PIPCU bank receipt, Ashiko allocation or an additional independent transfer to be double-counted.

Financial details: value: 2,533,000; currency: GBP; kind: accounts-recorded additional dividend paid to DSIT; period: 2025-04-01/2026-03-31

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UK Department for Science,Innovation and Technologyannounced baseline support through IPO forApril2026–March2029Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU)

2026-03-09 – 2026-03-09

March2026 announcement commits approximately£3m annually, through IPO, for the three-year period. Amount is an announced approximate annual baseline, not an executed payment schedule or£9m observed cash total. Written answer19March confirms duration.

Financial details: value: 3,000,000; currency: GBP; kind: approximate annual baseline commitment; period: April2026–March2029; per year, not three-year paid total

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