Tenders in R&D services

SEND Reform Evaluation - Supplier Networking Opportunity

Department for Education

The Department for Education (DfE) is continuing its pre-market engagement for the forthcoming SEND Reform Investments Evaluation procurement, which is intended to be competed through the Crown Commercial Service Research & Insights Dynamic Purchasing System (RM6126) in November Following feedback received during recent market engagement events held on 19th October, DfE is facilitating an optional supplier networking register to help organisations interested in this opportunity connect with other organisations that may be interested in collaborating in relation to the future procurement. Organisations wishing to participate are invited to complete the Supplier Networking Register form at: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=yXfS-grGoU2187O4s0qC-TcmlMtyZZVCqrgjEKtw5BRUQ0pBQTU0Q1dOQzRCQTJEV0ZGVTAxWTNMUC4u The form will ask for limited contact information, including organisation name, contact name and email address, together with consent for those details to be shared with other organisations participating in the register. The register will be distributed on a weekly basis with those who have consented, up until the end of the tender clarification period. Participation in the networking register is entirely voluntary. DfE will not recommend, endorse, select or match organisations. Organisations will remain responsible for deciding whether and how they engage or collaborate with others. Participation or non-participation in the networking register will have no bearing on eligibility to participate in, or the evaluation of, any subsequent procurement. This activity forms part of DfE s pre-market engagement and does not constitute a call for competition or an invitation to tender. Any subsequent procurement will be conducted separately in accordance with the applicable process under RM6126. Additional information: Information submitted through the form will be used for the purpose of facilitating supplier networking in connection with the SEND Reform

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.

GMCA2197 MBacc Award (Stage 1) Evaluation & Learning Partner

Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) is considering the appointment of an independent Evaluation and Learning Partner to evaluate Stage 1 of the MBacc Award. The commission would assess the programme’s implementation, effectiveness, inclusivity and early outcomes, drawing on engagement with young people, schools, colleges, employers and other key stakeholders. The partner would be expected to develop and deliver a proportionate mixed-method evaluation, provide timely learning to support programme development, and produce interim and final evaluation reports. The evaluation would include appropriate consideration of disadvantaged learners, including young people with special educational needs and disabilities and those in alternative provision. GMCA is currently undertaking preliminary market engagement to inform the scope, budget and procurement approach for this potential future opportunity.

Preliminary Market Engagement: Prescription Processing and Validation Solution

Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service

This is a preliminary market engagement notice to seek engagement with the market place to gather information associated with the provision of the Prescription Processing and Validation (PPV) Solution. To this end, the Business Services Organisation, Procurement and Logistics Service on behalf of Health and Social Care Northern Ireland (HSCNI), wish to engage with potential suppliers to obtain a market view of potential requirements through the completion of a questionnaire. Instructions for completion of the questionnaire are available via the eTendersNI CfT [Ref: 6793562] and relevant preliminary market engagement documents. Suppliers should note that any interest shown does not constitute a commitment to participate in any future tendering exercise.

Accompagnement à la stratégie d'attractivité économique du territoire de GrandSoissons Agglomération (02)

GrandSoissons Agglomération Les Terrasses du Mail 11, avenue François Mitterrand 02880 CUFFIES

Accompagnement à la stratégie d'attractivité économique du territoire de GrandSoissons Agglomération (02). Accord-cadre multi-attributaire à marchés subséquents relatif à des prestations d'ingénierie, d'études, de conseil et d'accompagnement en lien avec la stratégie d'attractivité économique du GrandSoissons. L'accord-cadre doit permettre à la Collectivité de disposer, pendant sa durée, d'un vivier d'expertises mobilisables en fonction de ses besoins pour l'accompagner dans la conception, la mise en oeuvre, le pilotage, l'animation et l'évaluation de ses politiques et projets.

Better Futures Fund - Technical Assistance for Mayoral Strategic Authorities

Department for Culture, Media and Sport

DCMS is undertaking a pre-market engagement exercise in respect of the above matter. The information and/or documents for this opportunity are available on the Atamis e-sourcing portal: https://dcms.my.site.com/login. You must register on this site to respond. If you are already registered you will not need to register again, simply use your existing username and password. Please note there is a password reminder link on the homepage. Please ensure you review all communications and follow any instructions provided to you. If you experience any technical difficulties please contact the Atamis eSourcing Helpdesk at: Support@atamis.co.uk.

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

Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

**This planned procurement follows earlier market engagement undertaken by UK Space Agency (UKSA) through the Request for Information (RFI) published under Find a Tender Notice 2026/S 000-035409. Overall responses to the RFI demonstrated market interest and a range of potential approaches, while also identifying areas where further technical, commercial, cost and delivery evidence is required before UKSA could consider progressing to a full demonstration mission. UKSA has therefore decided to adopt a staged approach, commissioning multiple R&D projects across RPOD and IOM to explore differing approaches, reduce uncertainty and strengthen the evidence base for future investment decisions. This is one of two concurrent procurements being progressed following consideration of the outputs from that RFI exercise, the other being for Mission Feasibility Studies – Spacecraft Life Extension Service Demonstration. Please see respective notices on Find a Tender.** Procurement Description: The UK Space Agency (UKSA) intends, subject to final approvals, to launch a competitive procurement that will support research and development (R&D) projects to mature In-Orbit Manufacturing (IOM) payload concepts for high-value Earth applications, generating evidence to support consideration of potential future in-orbit demonstration activities. The work is intended to mature the technical, delivery considerations, risks, indicative cost and commercial evidential base required to inform the UKSA’s ISAM In-Orbit Demonstration Programme, and the development of a Green Book-compliant business case. The requirement concerns applied research directed at developing technical knowledge for the particular objective of informing decisions on potential future UK IOM demonstration activities, rather than commercial industrialisation. The competition is intended to support payload maturation and R&D activity only. Appointment under this competition does not commit UKSA to proceed with, fund or procure

Mission Feasibility Studies – Spacecraft Life Extension Service Demonstration

Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

**This planned procurement follows earlier market engagement undertaken by UK Space Agency (UKSA) through the Request for Information (RFI) published under Find a Tender Notice 2026/S 000-035409. Overall responses to the RFI demonstrated market interest and a range of potential approaches, while also identifying areas where further technical, commercial, cost and delivery evidence is required before UKSA could consider progressing to a full demonstration mission. UKSA has therefore decided to adopt a staged approach, commissioning multiple R&D projects across RPOD and IOM to explore differing approaches, reduce uncertainty and strengthen the evidence base for future investment decisions. This is one of two concurrent procurements being progressed following consideration of the outputs from that RFI exercise, the other being for In-Orbit Manufacturing (IOM) Maturation R&D Projects. Please see respective notices on Find a Tender.** Procurement description: The UK Space Agency (UKSA) intends, subject to final approvals, to launch a competitive procurement examining the feasibility of delivering a UK In-Orbit Servicing mission to demonstrate a Rendezvous, Proximity Operations and Docking (RPOD)-enabled Life Extension service with a cooperative client spacecraft by 2030. The work is intended to mature the technical, delivery considerations, risks, indicative cost and commercial evidential base required to inform the UKSA’s ISAM In-Orbit Demonstration Programme, and the development of a Green Book-compliant business case. The requirement concerns applied research directed at developing technical knowledge for the particular objective of informing decisions on a possible UK Life Extension mission, rather than commercial industrialisation. The competition is intended to support feasibility and research and development activity only. Appointment under this competition does not commit UKSA to proceed with, fund or procure a subsequent spacecraft life extension demonstration m

CivTech 12.1 - How can digital technologies assist people living with substance use issues (and their families/friends) to easily connect with trusted help and substance use support when services are unavailable?

University of Strathclyde

Scotland has the highest drug and alcohol related death rates in the UK and Europe. People with substance use issues (PWSUI) often need help outside normal 'office' hours or from a distance from offices, and support is not uniformly available throughout Scotland. The support landscape in Scotland is fragmented, hard to navigate, and varies by locality. When support isn’t readily available (or isn’t trusted), people and their families and friends often default to emergency services or remain unsupported. As a result, those who use substances often experience avoidable crisis escalation, or remain in extremely difficult situations, and support services miss opportunities for early, harm-reducing interventions. The Preventing Harm, Promoting Recovery: Scotland’s Alcohol & Drugs Strategic Plan 2026 – 2035 specifically addresses the crucial need to tackle early intervention and widen an individual’s ‘circle of support’. This ‘circle of support’ is at the heart of this Challenge, and a successful solution would enable people to access the right support sooner, regardless of locality. It should harness the power of existing trusted services, family and community to reduce avoidable demand on emergency and NHS services – and if possible, create a ‘feedback loop’ of learning, intelligence and insight so that the overall issue can be tackled in a continually improving manner.

CivTech 12 - Challenge 12.4 - How can technology improve both the efficiency and the patient experience in NHS transport, starting with renal services?​

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

With over 273,000 people in Scotland living with Stage 3-5 Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), including 2,000 receiving dialysis treatment, and demand expected to increase fivefold over the next decade, improvements to dialysis transport across NHS Scotland are urgently needed. Dialysis journeys account for more than 40% of all non-emergency patient transport activity, costing 9.1 million GBP annually. Yet current arrangements can be inconsistent, creating avoidable pressures for patients, providers and NHS services. NHS Scotland is seeking innovative, patient-centred and sustainable solutions that improve reliability, efficiency and patient outcomes, while reducing administrative burden and delivering better value for money.

Civtech 12 - Challenge 12.2 - How can technology enable fast-growing digital public service providers to dynamically scale their service management capabilities as demand, complexity and customer expectations increase?

Scottish Government

The Scottish Government’s Directorate for Digital is seeking an innovative service management solution to support a growing portfolio of digital services, including ScotAccount, ScotPayments, mygov.scot, Cloud Platform Services, and more. As demand, complexity and user expectations increase, we require scalable, technology-enabled approaches that can grow as our services grow, while delivering value for money. A successful solution will help ensure resilient, secure and efficient service operations, reducing risks to service quality, productivity, revenue and public trust, while supporting the future development of Scotland’s digital public services.

Specialist Advice/Advisor Service for Gloucestershire’s Advanced Engineering and Manufacturing Sector

Tewkesbury Borough Council

Tewkesbury Borough Council are inviting tenders for the provision of a Specialist Advice/Advisor Service for Advanced Engineering and Manufacturing businesses across Gloucestershire. Working through the Gloucestershire Growth Hub Network, the service will provide tailored growth support, business diagnostics, action planning, referrals, outreach and sector events to improve productivity, innovation, skills, resilience and competitiveness. The contract will run from 30 November 2026 to 31 March 2028, with a total budget of £160,000.

Effect of probiotics on Campylobacter colonisation within the broiler gut

Food Standards Agency

A key component of the FSA work is to reduce the burden of foodborne disease in the UK. Campylobacter is the leading bacterial cause of foodborne disease in the UK, with chicken meat being the most common food source of exposure to this pathogen. Campylobacter is widespread in chicken farms, with 60% of UK broilers flocks carrying the pathogen at the point they are slaughtered. Interventions further down the food chain do not reliably eliminate this pathogen. Therefore, reducing Campylobacter colonisation on broiler flocks and contamination on chicken meat is a priority area for the FSA as this will contribute towards reducing human exposure and subsequent reported cases of foodborne disease. A clear evidence gap remains on whether probiotics can consistently affect Campylobacter levels in broilers, across commercial UK farms under routine production conditions, and what magnitude of log reduction is realistically achievable. To address this evidence gap, the FSA are seeking research proposals for an innovative field-trial based study carried out in real-life intensive broiler houses to assess the effectiveness of a range of probiotics on reducing or delaying Campylobacter colonisation in the gut of broiler flocks. The research should be designed to answer the following questions: • “To what extent can commercially available probiotic formulations reduce or delay Campylobacter colonisation in broiler flocks under commercial intensive housed farming conditions, and does this translate into reduced Campylobacter contamination of carcasses at processing?” • “What is the effect of these formulations on welfare and production performance indicators such as mortality, growth rate, feed conversion efficiency and flock health outcomes?” We envisage that the proposed study design will consist of several discrete phases. Given the complexity of controlling Campylobacter in broiler flocks, we would like the inclusion of break clauses at the end of key deliverables to allow suf

Nature recovery and intangible cultural heritage

Natural England

The contractor will carry out a literature review on the published and grey literature as it relates to Intangible Cultural Heritage (also known as Living Heritage) practices and how they may be applied in nature recovery projects.Using the results of the literature review, the successful contractor will provide a draft annexe to the guidance , using a template that will be provided, which can be used as the basis of discussion and agreement with our partner organisations. You will provide a selection of short case studies to illustrate how these practices are or might be used in nature recovery projects. You will also provide photographs in a format suitable for publication and with the necessary permissions to be used in this publication.

KONZULTANTSKE USLUGE IZRADE METODOLOGIJE I ISTRAŽIVAČKOG OKVIRA ZA ISTRAŽIVANJE STAVOVA DIONIKA GRUPE ZAGREBAČKI HOLDING

ZAGREBAČKI HOLDING d.o.o., Grad Zagreb

Nabavka konsultantskih usluga za analizu Billing sistema snabdjevača za potrebe JP Elektroprivreda BiH d.d. - Sarajevo

JAVNO PREDUZEĆE ELEKTROPRIVREDA BOSNE I HERCEGOVINE D.D. - SARAJEVO

Sector research for councils to learn from collaborative ICT delivery in local government

Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government (IDeA)

The purpose of the research is to understand the practical factors that contribute to successful delivery when ICT services are provided across more than one organisation and to identify the arrangements that should be established from the outset to support effective operations, accountability, decision-making and service performance. Rather than focusing solely on formal shared service models, the research should consider a range of collaborative ICT delivery arrangements, including lead authority models, partnership arrangements, jointly managed services and other approaches where responsibility for ICT delivery is shared across multiple councils.

THE PROVISION OF AN ONLINE FAMILY HISTORY SERVICE FOR WALES

The National Library of Wales

The National Library of Wales is seeking to appoint a single service provider to deliver an online family history service as part of the National Digital Library Service, for Welsh public libraries, archives and museums and the employees of Welsh libraries, archives and museums, and individuals who are registered users of Welsh public libraries, archives and museums.

Étude enjeux et rédaction primo-réglement PPRi Croult Petit Rosne

95 - DDT

Réalisation de l'étude des enjeux dans les communes situées dans le périmètres prescrit du PPRi du Croult et du Petit-Rosne Rédaction du primo-réglement du PPRi

Istraživanja vrsta i staništa u sklopu projekta PKK "Poboljšano upravljanje PPLP"

Javna ustanova Park prirode Lonjsko polje, Jasenovac

Appui technique de l’État dans le cadre des procédures de lutte contre l’habitat indigne à donner suite au signalement du guichet unique.

DDTM du Var

Marché de services (prestations intellectuelles) à bons de commandes ayant pour objet l’appui technique de l’État dans le cadre de réalisation de diagnostics et suivi des situations d'habitat indigne dans le cadre du PDLHI du Var

Nabavka konsultantskih usluga za analizu ERP sistema za djelatnost distribucije

JAVNO PREDUZEĆE ELEKTROPRIVREDA BOSNE I HERCEGOVINE D.D. - SARAJEVO

Javna nabavka usluge podrške projekta funkcionalnog zračnog bloka Centralne Evrope (FAB CE)

AGENCIJA ZA PRUŽANJE USLUGA U ZRAČNOJ PLOVIDBI BOSNE I HERCEGOVINE

Usluga uspostave i provedbe sustavnog dugotrajnog monitoringa ekoloških parametara te monitoring provedbe restauracijskih mjera u svrhu očuvanja Posebnog ornitološkog rezervata Podpanj

Javna ustanova za zaštitu prirode OBŽ, Osijek