Tenders in R&D services

Tees Bird Mapping Project

Natural England

The Teesmouth & Cleveland Coast SSSI, SPA and Ramsar support assemblages of over 20K over-wintering coastal birds alongside specific SSSI & SPA qualifying bird speices. This project will produce fine scale maps and analysis of designated bird species usage of supporting habitats, FLL ands brownfield habitats. A report detailing the methods, results and discussions must be provided, along with GIS mapping layers that allows interrogation of the analysis and a short guidance document on the use of the mapping tool.

BRCD Contracts for Innovation Challenge 1

Newry Mourne & Down District Council

The tender opportunity will be published on Simply Do platform under the challenge titled: Predicting Demand. Managing Tomorrows Visitors, Today "How can local authorities anticipate and manage visitor demand and movement across key destinations, while understanding the factors driving these changes, so they can proactively mitigate potential impacts before they become a problem." This challenge is focused on transforming how local authorities manage visitor destinations. Using Castlewellan Forest Park as a real-world test environment, the initiative addresses the growing pressures that large rural tourism destinations face from fluctuating visitor demand, which impacts local roads, parking, waste services, biodiversity, and infrastructure. Historically, council management has relied on static measures and reactive interventions, such as annual visitor numbers or seasonal passes, which fail to provide real-time insights or predictive intelligence. The proposed project aims to transition local authority management from a fragmented, reactive approach to a connected, evidence-led, and predictive decision-making model.

AI Creator Control

Intellectual Property Office

The IPO requires a supplier to provide research to support this review. The intention is that this will be a four-month project including an interim report (shared with policy officials) and final report (prepared for external publication). The Government may wish to communicate initial findings from the interim report prior to their formal publication in the final report.

Evaluation Scoping Studies (2 Lots)

Gambling Commission

The Gambling Commission is seeking to appoint one or two suppliers to conduct two separate evaluation scoping studies under two separate lots. Both studies will contribute to the Commission's aims of increasing our capacity to evaluate new requirements and policies, using data and analytics to make gambling regulation more effective and demonstrate how our understanding of our outcomes and our approach to evaluation has improved. The recommendations and outputs from both studies will inform the Commission's future evaluation approaches and contribute to wider policy considerations. Lot 1 is focused on the identification of optimum approaches for evaluating the complex topic of harm reduction approaches, including customer interaction. Lot 2 is focused on exploring how collaborative approaches and co-production can be applied to evaluation in the gambling sector. The opportunity is hosted via the Government Commercial Agency's e-Sourcing Portal, Jaggaer, and is being sourced through the Research and Insights Dynamic Purchasing System (RM6126). Suppliers registered on this DPS can access the opportunity. For further details regarding the Research and Insights DPS, please visit https://www.gca.gov.uk/agreements/RM6126. For further details regarding the DPS registration process, please visit https://supplierregistration.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/dps/RM6126?nav=0 Please note, the DPS is owned by the Government Commercial Agency and not the Gambling Commission. Therefore, please direct any queries regarding the DPS to the GCA Customer Service Team on info@gca.gov.uk or call on 0345 410 2222

Local Nature Recovery Strategies - harnessing geodiversity for nature recovery

Natural England

This project will audit the geodiversity component of the Local Nature Recovery Strategies (LNRS) and will seek to identify and demonstrate good practice, opportunities and benefits for nature recovery and provide clear guidance for the future inclusion of geodiversity as part of LNRS Delivery and LNRS review process.

Llantwit Major Railway Station Gateway Wayfinding Pilot Project

Vale of Glamorgan Council

The Vale of Glamorgan Council is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced multidisciplinary consultancy team to develop a gateway wayfinding intervention for Llantwit Major Railway Station, together with an accompanying place identity and wayfinding framework capable of informing future wayfinding improvements throughout the wider town.

Screen Culture 2033 Interim Evaluation

British Film Institute

Screen Culture 2033 Strategy launched in September 2022. As of October 2026, we have completed the FAME Preliminary Review (Phase 1) and are now moving into the Interim Evaluation (Phase 2).

VRU Learning Partner to Support Custody Based Intervention Programme

Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime

The VRU is seeking to commission an independent Learning Partner to provide practical, evidence-informed support across its custody-based intervention programmes. The Learning Partner will adopt a hybrid approach, combining analysis of programme data and evidence with direct engagement with delivery teams to understand how services operate in practice and support continuous improvement. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Research-services./H34AT9PKX2 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/H34AT9PKX2

Disposal System Science & Technology Framework

Nuclear Waste Services Limited

Please note that as a Research & Development framework, this will be EXEMPT under Paragraph 22 of Schedule 2 to the Procurement Act 2023. The purpose of this notice is to make the market aware of this upcoming procurement, which is currently due for tender release in November 2026. This framework aims to provide comprehensive professional services support for the assessment of performance and deployment options for UK-relevant engineered barrier system components and the evolution of candidate material(s) and their configurations under repository conditions.

ITT - Historic Gardens: Supporting Adaptation to a Changing Climate – Case Studies - UID 372

Historic England

This project will compile a set of case studies showing how designated historic parks, gardens and demesnes across the UK are experiencing and responding to climate change impacts and risks. The case studies will be presented in a report to be published in the Historic England Research Report Series and summarised in an accompanying non-technical summary of the report. The project is being funded in partnership by Historic England and the National Lottery Heritage Fund. This project builds on stakeholder research commissioned by Heritage Fund and Historic England, which set out to understand how designated historic gardens and demesnes across the UK are being maintained and managed in response to the threats posed by climate change through stakeholder research. The research report included developing an understanding of what advice and guidance is available to the owners and managers of these historic places, what challenges and barriers they are facing, what factors are being considered in approaches to future management and whether balanced consideration is being given to both the cultural and natural heritage significance of these places. The research report culminated in a series of recommendations, including highlighting the need for case studies to provide examples of climate adaptation in historic places. The research found that managers of historic parks and gardens are already experiencing climate impacts but lack practical, site-specific examples showing how they could respond while protecting heritage significance. In addition to the recommendation for case studies, the research found that existing guidance is fragmented, often too generic, and difficult to apply to the complex mix of horticulture, arboriculture, ecology, hydrology, infrastructure, archaeology, visitor management and governance found across historic parks, gardens and cemeteries. Managers particularly value peer learning, site visits, pilot projects and examples of both success and failur

In-Orbit Manufacturing (IOM) Maturation Research & Development Projects

Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

The UK Space Agency (UKSA) is launching a Contracts for Innovation competition to fund approximately two In-Orbit Manufacturing (IOM) Maturation Research & Development Projects. The competition will support the research, development and maturation of an In-Orbit Manufacturing process and associated payload. Projects will undertake proportionate design, prototyping, analysis and testing to achieve Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 4/5 by the Final Review milestone and establish a credible route to a potential future demonstration in an appropriate microgravity environment. The IOM Maturation Projects will: · Mature the IOM manufacturing process and associated payload to TRL 4/5 by the Final Review milestone, generating evidence against relevant performance indicators (such as quality, performance and quantity). · Develop and compare credible routes to a future microgravity demonstration, identifying the developments required to progress towards demonstration by 2030. · Strengthen the commercial case and strategic relevance of the proposed IOM capability, including its relevance to identified customer and end-user needs. · Generate evidence to inform future UKSA investment and procurement decisions, including a potential future IOM demonstration procurement and the associated ISAM IOD Programme Business Case. This is one of two concurrent procurements being progressed, the other being for Mission Feasibility Studies – Spacecraft Life Extension Service Demonstration. Please see the respective notice on Find a Tender: Title: Mission Feasibility Studies – Spacecraft Life Extension Service Demonstration This procurement is for exempted contracts under section 3(6) and paragraph 22 of Schedule 2, Part 2 (subject-matter exempted contracts) of the Procurement Act 2023. Exempted contracts are not public contracts as defined by section 3 of the Act and are therefore not required to be procured in accordance with the provisions of the Act relating to covered procurement. This co

PRODUCTION DE MITOCHONDRIES OPTIMISEES

AxLR, SATT OCCITANIE MEDITERRANEE

Le marché porte sur une prestation de transfert technologique, de développement et de montée en échelle d'un procédé de bioproduction de mitochondries optimisées à visée thérapeutique, avec production optionnelle de lots cGMP.

Mission Feasibility Studies – Spacecraft Life Extension Service Demonstration

Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

This is one of two concurrent procurements being progressed, the other being for In-Orbit Manufacturing (IOM) Maturation Research & Development Projects. Please see the respective notice on Find a Tender: • Title: In-Orbit Manufacturing (IOM) Maturation Research & Development Projects The UK Space Agency is launching a Contracts for Innovation competition to fund approximately three Phase 0/A mission feasibility studies examining credible options for a potential future in-orbit demonstration of a Rendezvous, Proximity Operations and Docking (RPOD)-enabled spacecraft Life Extension service. The studies will develop and assess mission concepts capable of performing safe, reliable and repeatable RPOD with a cooperative or prepared client spacecraft. The intended demonstration may enable or de-risk a future Life Extension service such as refuelling, Attitude and Orbit Control System (AOCS) takeover, relocation, component replacement, repair, upgrade or refurbishment. The demonstration would not necessarily be required to perform the complete future service. The Life Extension feasibility studies will: • Develop and compare credible mission concepts for an RPOD-enabled Life Extension service demonstration with a prepared client spacecraft, including analysis of the client, servicer, launch service, operations and ground-segment options required to deliver the mission. • Assess how each concept could demonstrate safe, reliable and repeatable RPOD operations and support a commercially relevant Life Extension service such as refuelling, AOCS takeover, relocation, repair, upgrade or refurbishment. • Identify the evidence, costs, risks, dependencies and decision points required to inform a potential future Life Extension demonstration procurement and associated Business Case. This procurement is for exempted contracts under section 3(6) and paragraph 22 of Schedule 2, Part 2 (subject-matter exempted contracts) of the Procurement Act 2023. Exempted contracts are not public con

ITT - Climate resilience and the historic environment: Sustainable drainage systems (UID 371)

Historic England

This project seeks to develop an initial evidence base formed of a series of case studies to inform updated guidance on the sensitive integration of Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) within the historic environment. It will examine how SuDS can support climate adaptation, water management, biodiversity enhancement and nature recovery while safeguarding heritage significance, and will identify best practice, case studies, decision-making frameworks, policy considerations, and implementation challenges across a range of historic contexts and stakeholder groups.

Opportunity Mapping for Open Mosaic Habitat at the Tees Estuary

Natural England

Open Mosaic Habitat (OMH) is recognised as a high distinctiveness Priority Habitat; which is very difficult to recreate or replace if destroyed. Under S41 NERC Act OMH is protected and Local Planning Authorities require rigorous mitigation if impacted via development. The demand for OMH mitigation opportunities is also intrinsically linked to the planning process and decision-making. This research project will map OMH resource across the Tees Estuary to develop an understanding of the types of OMH across the area, identify areas of OMH not currently mapped and identify whether there have been changes in OMH resource over time. The research project will also collate species records to identify important species using the OMH resource and determine whether there are any characteristic OMH communities. Finally, this work will identify opportunities to maintain and enhance the OMG resource and produce a prioritised list of actions.

Usluge istraživanja i praćenja stanja

Javna ustanova Baraćeve špilje - za upravljanje zaštićenim prirodnim vrijenostima na području općine Rakovica, Rakovica

Project Integrator Services Framework

HS1 Ltd (t/a London St. Pancras Highspeed)

HS1 Ltd trading as London St. Pancras Highspeed (LSPH) is looking to procure a portfolio wide Project Integrator Framework to support across all business departments. The Project Integrator operate in a strategic arrangement with LSPH being the asset owner and will be responsible for supporting the development and delivery of LSPH’s project requirements, providing a wide range of skills, experience and capabilities aligned to project-specific objectives and defined value outcomes. The Project Integrator consultants will also be working closely with the Route/Station operators, and maintainers, to manage the successful development and delivery of the Control Period outputs, promises and Concession Agreement obligations. This will be achieved through assisting LSPH in achieving its Mission & Values, by proposing and providing experienced and capable staff resources as defined for each project. Each call-off from the Framework will be scalable to the project’s individual needs. This may include all services for; all stages of the project from Bluesky to Project Closure; all services for a specific Gate; specific services spanning across several Gates; or only one service for a specific Gate where specialist resource is required. Based on each call off scope the Project Integrator may be requested to manage and facilitate all associated roles, services, sub-consultant appointments and surveys teams to fully deliver the required scope and outcome. The Project Integrator will not undertake the role of Principal Contractor. LSPH will award and sign all Principal Contractor contracts directly.

Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment for Hull Local Plan

Hull City Council

Hull City Council (The Authority) is seeking tenders from interested organisations to provide services for the Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment for Hull Local Plan, at Kingston Upon Hull. The tender is an open procedure consisting of a one stage process. The contract is anticipated to commence 30th November 2026 ending by 30th April 2027. The Authority has estimated the value of the works to be £30,000 overall. The estimated value is given in good faith to assist tenderers in making their submissions, it should not be interpreted as an undertaking to purchase any goods, services or works to any particular value by the Authority and does not form part of the Contract. Further information is contained within the scope of works/tender documentation. Please ensure all tender submission documents are completed as detailed. Incomplete bids will be eliminated from further process.

Housing Needs Assessment for Hull Local Plan

Hull City Council

Hull City Council (The Authority) is seeking tenders from interested organisations to provide services for Housing Needs Assessment for Hull Local Plan, Kingston Upon Hull. The tender is an open procedure consisting of a one stage process. The contract is anticipated to commence 30th November 2026 ending by 30th April 2027. The Authority has estimated the value of the works to be £45,000 overall. The estimated value is given in good faith to assist tenderers in making their submissions, it should not be interpreted as an undertaking to purchase any goods, services or works to any particular value by the Authority and does not form part of the Contract. Further information is contained within the scope of works/tender documentation. Please ensure all tender submission documents are completed as detailed. Incomplete bids will be eliminated from further process.

Integrated Impact Assessment (IIA) for the Boston and South Holland Joint Local Plan

Boston Borough Council

Boston Borough Council and South Holland District Council (BSH) are seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced consultant to undertake an Integrated Impact Assessment (IIA) to inform and test the emerging joint Local Plan. The IIA will need to incorporate Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), Sustainability Appraisal (SA), Health Impact Assessment (HIA), Equality Impact Assessment (EqIA), Community Safety Impact Assessment (CSIA), and Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA), ensuring that environmental, social, health, equality and economic considerations are integrated into plan-making from the outset.

PfH Professional Services and Recruitment Framework PME

Procurement for Housing

Procurement for Housing (PfH) is looking to receive feedback on a potential new Recruitment and Professional Services framework. The framework will cover England, Wales and Scotland. The Professional Services element is new and additional to the current Recruitment Framework and this PME is specifically concerned with Professional Service providers. Therefore, all information gained through the Pre Market Engagement will help develop our understanding of what is available in the market. This engagement is aimed to discover organisations that can provide these professional services, as opposed to recruit for these services. The engagement also seeks to establish what services are available under each lot. We would appreciate your participation in this questionnaire and any subsequent further engagement under the pre market engagement notice. The information provided will shape the framework and its structure. For full details of all our frameworks please follow the link to our website - https://procurementforhousing.co.uk/procurement-frameworks/ Please reach out to supportservices@pfh.co.uk and further information will be provided along with a questionnaire. Please note that this is simply an information gathering exercise on some proposed aspects of our forthcoming framework tender which may be subject to change. Please include in the email Header “Preliminary Market Engagement – Professional Services and Recruitment”.

Strategic Defence Review - Energetics Grant Structure Information notice

Ministry of Defence

The UK government is acting on the Strategic Defence Review s recommendations by investing in the 'factories of the future' initiative, bringing energetics industries back to the UK, and strengthening our long-term national security by building up to six new energetics and munitions factories in the UK. The purpose of this notice is to communicate the Ministry of Defence's (MoD's) intention to open grant windows to support the construction of new energetic synthesis facilities. The MoD expects there to be multiple grant windows, during which companies may submit grant proposals. The grants are designed to establish new, sustainable UK production capacity for critical energetic materials. We are seeking to strengthen the resilience and security of our munitions supply chain, reduce reliance on overseas sources and unlock significant private investment in UK manufacturing. Advertisement of these grants will take place on the UK Government Find a Grant portal which will then provide a link to the application form on the Defence Sourcing Portal. Any company can apply to any or all investment windows regardless of having prior engagement with MoD however only one grant per project will be awarded. The first of these windows is planned to open imminently: This window will be open to applications for 6 weeks after which a down selection will take place based on the information provided in the application form. Those companies taken forward will be invited to further engage with the MoD to carry out due diligence and develop a grant award structure with the intention to issue Grant award letters to the successful companies within this fiscal year. Individual proposals will be eligible for grants of up to £45 million or 50% of the overall cost, whichever is smaller. The overall level of investment will depend on the quality and value for money assessment of proposals received, with funding decisions taken across the programme to ensure investment is targeted where it can del

Preferred Supplier List Refresh 2026/27

Transport Focus

Transport Focus is an independent public body and is the operating name of the Passengers’ Council, formerly known as the Rail Passengers’ Council. It was set up by Parliament to protect the interests of Britain’s rail passengers, England’s bus and tram passengers outside London and coach passengers on scheduled domestic services in England. In addition to representing passengers, Transport Focus now represents users of the Strategic Roads Network (SRN) in England. We also work closely with Welsh and Scottish Governments. We are an executive non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Transport. Our mission is to get the best deal for passengers and road users. With a strong emphasis on evidence-based campaigning and research, we ensure that we know what is happening on the ground. The purpose of this upcoming procurement exercise is to invite suitably qualified and experienced Suppliers to be listed on the Transport Focus Preferred Supplier List Framework Agreement for Customer Satisfaction and Reporting Services. Planned for early 2027, Transport Focus expects to appoint a number of Suppliers across two (2) Lots to deliver Customer Satisfaction Surveys and Reporting Services across its portfolio. Lot 1 covers qualitative research services; suppliers will need proven expertise in a range of qualitative research techniques including focus groups, depth interviews, deliberative techniques and ethnography. Lot 2 covers quantitative research services; suppliers will need proven expertise in a range of quantitative research techniques, including face-to-face, telephone, self-completion, mystery shopping and online surveys. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-Research-services./ZR8677N683 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/ZR8677N683

Request for Information (RFI): Supplier & Customer Due Diligence & Know Your Customer Services

National Wealth Fund Limited

A request for information to understand the market's capability, innovation, and approaches relating to due diligence activities supporting supplier onboarding, customer screening, and compliance processes for the National Wealth Fund Limited. These services may include, but are not be limited to, on-call supply chain mapping and due diligence checks, Supply chain Modern Slavery risk assessments, Financial Crime screening and Know Your Customer checks. The NWF is looking to consider the delivery models that could provide this service, such as: - SaaS / Tooling only (buyer operated); - Managed Service (supplier operated with buyer oversight) - A Hybrid (Buyer operated Tooling with Supplier support for investigation). Having completed the initial RFI, the National Wealth Fund intends to conduct any further procurement activity for these services through its Market Data DPS. If you wish to be considered for any future opportunity, please ensure that you register on Atamis and submit an application to join the DPS: C0893 Market Data Services: Register on Atamis - https://atamis-3929.my.site.com/s/Welcome Further information on the DPS is available in the published opportunity notice, C0893 Market Data Services https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003887-2025