Tenders in Research & development services

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Future Local Growth Funding

Local Government Association (LGA)

The main outcome of this commission is a practical and evidence-based blueprint for future local growth funding. The research should help the LGA articulate what an effective funding framework would look like in a devolving England and how funding arrangements can best support councils, MCAs and CCAs to drive sustainable economic growth in every part of the country. The research should provide a robust evidence base to inform the LGA's future policy development and engagement with government. The final report should include: • an assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of the current local growth funding landscape; • testing our current principles for the design of future local growth funding; and • analysis of how funding arrangements operate across different governance models, including MCAs, CCAs and non-devolved areas; • consideration of institutions such as National Wealth Fund, and other place-based investment initiatives; • a small number of options for a future funding framework, including the advantages, disadvantages and implementation considerations associated with each approach. disadvantages and implementation considerations associated with each approach. The LGA would welcome recommendations that are practical, deliverable and capable of informing future discussions with government around growth, devolution and local government reform, and in influencing the next spending review. It should be usable to support any wider LGA work related to growth.

Activity & Interpretation Plan Consultant

Thetford Town Council

The appointed consultant will prepare a comprehensive Activity & Interpretation Plan which demonstrates how people will engage with St Peter's Church and the wider heritage of Thetford through: • Learning; • Volunteering; • Skills development; • Community engagement; • Interpretation; • Participation; • Events; • Training; • Outreach activities. The consultant shall ensure that the Activity & Interpretation Plan is fully aligned with NLHF requirements and capable of supporting a successful Delivery Phase application. The Activity Plan shall identify opportunities for community involvement, volunteering, learning, training, events and wider public engagement, together with recommendations for sustainable delivery and long-term legacy. The Interpretation Plan shall identify and communicate the key heritage themes, stories and significance of St Peter's Church, establish target audiences, and develop recommendations for accessible and engaging interpretation that supports the project's vision and outcomes. The Consultant shall ensure that both plans are fully integrated and aligned with the requirements of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and other funding stakeholders, providing a practical framework for implementation during the Delivery Phase.

Pay and Reward Strategy

Office of Rail and Road

The Office of Rail and Road has committed to carry out a comprehensive review of its Pay and Reward Strategy for all pay grades below the Senior Civil Service (SCS). The aim is to ensure that ORR has a strategy in place that delivers an equitable and consistent approach to pay and reward which is understood and supported by colleagues. The review will be informed by meaningful engagement with the Executive Committee (ExCo), employees, the Staff Representative Group and recognised trade unions to ensure that the future strategy delivers equitable outcomes, remains externally competitive, and effectively supports the recruitment and retention of high-performing individuals while promoting a culture of fairness.

Research Services for Pensions illustrations: presenting uncertainty and variability

THE FINANCIAL REPORTING COUNCIL LIMITED

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) regulates auditors, accountants and actuaries and sets the UK's Corporate Governance and Stewardship Codes. As the Competent Authority for audit in the UK, we set auditing and ethical standards and monitor and enforce audit quality. The FRC requires Research Services to examine how uncertainty and variability in estimated defined contribution pension income can be communicated clearly and effectively to savers. The contract will cover three work areas: • A targeted review of relevant academic and professional research. • Development of evidence-based wording, narratives, presentation formats and visualisations, informed by behavioural science. • Empirical testing with DC savers, using an appropriate balance of quantitative and qualitative methods and inclusive research design. The supplier will be expected to understand saver behaviour and key pension-planning risks, including investment, inflation and longevity risks. Deliverables will include interim outputs, communication mock-ups and a concise final report setting out the methodology, analysis, results, conclusions and limitations. The anticipated contract period is January to October 2027. The FRC has undertaken preliminary market engagement for this procurement. The findings from the preliminary market engagement is contained in the Appendix within the Invitation to Tender (ITT). PLEASE REFER TO THE INVITATION TO TENDER (ITT) FOR FULL DETAILS INCLUDING HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR TENDER

Evaluation of the Quality & Engagement Act

Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government

The Welsh Government intends to procure a contract for an independent evaluation of the implementation and impact of the Health and Social Care (Quality and Engagement) (Wales) Act 2020. The evaluation will build on findings from a completed evaluability assessment and is expected to adopt a theory-based approach, assessing both the individual duties established by the Act and their collective contribution to the Act's overarching objectives. https://www.gov.wales/evaluability-assessment-health-and-social-care-quality-and-engagement-wales-act-2020 The current intention is to procure the contract in 2026/2027 to commence the contract during the 2027/28 financial year. Estimated total contract value: up to £275,000 GBP (excluding VAT)Contract duration: 24 months (with up to 3 months extension for final outputs with no additional budget available). Pre Market Engagement Update The Welsh Government would like to thank all organisations that participated in the preliminary market engagement for contract C004/2026/2027 – The Evaluation of the Health and Social Care (Quality and Engagement) (Wales) Act 2020. We received 11 responses from a range of organisations, and the feedback informed our proposed approach to the procurement. Proposed procurement approach The preliminary market engagement sought views on the potential delivery models. Responses identified benefits and risks associated with the different options and highlighted the importance of maintaining consistent methodology, effective coordination, integrated findings and clear accountability across the evaluation. Having considered the responses, the Welsh Government intends to procure the evaluation through a single contract. We recognise the mix of interested providers have a range of expertise that could contribute to the successful delivery of the evaluation. Prospective bidders are therefore encouraged to consider appropriate consortium, partnership, subcontracting or specialist consultancy arrangements when

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Large Grants Due Diligence Framework

Scottish Enterprise

Scottish Enterprise is seeking to appoint suppliers to a 2-lot framework (single supplier per lot) to deliver due diligence assessment services (covering technical and financial evaluation) in support of applications to Scottish Enterprise for grant funding from businesses based (or looking to set up) in Scotland. This would include applications for > GBP 100,000 grant funding. It is anticipated this framework will commence on 25th January 2027.

Datblygu Hyfforddwyr a System Hyfforddi Fframwaith Ymgynghori / Coach and Coaching System Development Consultancy Framework

Sport Wales

Mae Chwaraeon Cymru eisiau caffael a gweithredu fframwaith ymgynghori aml-gyflenwr i gefnogi datblygu hyfforddwyr a'r system hyfforddi ar draws chwaraeon llwybr Cymru. Bydd y fframwaith yn cynnwys Datblygwyr Hyfforddwyr Siartredig CIMSPA sydd â chymwysterau addas i weithio'n uniongyrchol gyda hyfforddwyr, ac ymgynghorwyr system datblygu hyfforddwyr ehangach fedr gyfrannu arbenigedd arbenigol at ymchwil, gwybodaeth, dylunio dysgu, gwerthuso, gwaith cynghori NGB, Melinau Meddwl Chwaraeon Cymru a phrosiectau datblygu systemau. Sport Wales is seeking to procure and implement a multi-supplier consultancy framework to support coach development and the coaching system across Welsh pathway sport. The framework will include both CIMSPA Chartered Coach Developers who are suitably qualified to work directly with coaches, and wider coach development system consultants who can contribute specialist expertise to research, insight, learning design, evaluation, NGB advisory work, Sport Wales Think Tanks and system development projects.

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.

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).

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

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

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.

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”.

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

Habitat Regulations Assessment

Borough Council of Kings Lynn and West Norfolk

In June 2026, the Borough Council of King’s Lynn and West Norfolk (the Council) started the process of producing a new Local Plan, which will cover the period 2026-2044. To support the Local Plan preparation, the Council will need to renew or update its current evidence base, including undertaking a Habitat Regulations Assessment (HRA). HRA is a legal requirement for the preparation of development plan documents (including the Local Plan), under Part 6 of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017, as amended (sections 63-64). These require the “competent body” (in this case, the Council/local planning authority) to must make an appropriate assessment of the implications of the new Local Plan for European sites (Special Areas of Conservation/ Special Protection Areas/ Ramsar sites) in and around the Borough, in view of each designated site’s conservation objectives. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-King%27s-Lynn:-Research-and-development-services-and-related-consultancy-services./FM8HXEJW5Q To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/FM8HXEJW5Q

Climate Vulnerability Intelligence Dashboard Feasibility Project

South East Wales Corporate Joint Committee

Undertake a feasibility assessment for an innovative Climate Vulnerability Intelligence Dashboard for Wales, bringing together climate, carbon, environmental, health, demographic and socio-economic information to develop an innovative solution that enables consistent, evidence-led decisions on climate adaptation and resilience for the public sector.

Passenger Services Cost Benchmarking Study

Office of Rail and Road

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) is the independent economic and safety regulator of Britain's railways. ORR is developing its capability to assess the efficiency, productivity and value for money of passenger train operations. Historically, passenger services have been delivered through a range of Train Operating Companies (TOCs), each with differing operating characteristics, service patterns and cost structures. As most of the industry moves towards a more integrated railway structure, ORR requires a robust framework for understanding variations in train operating expenditure and for benchmarking performance across the railway. Previous analytical work has demonstrated that econometric benchmarking of the cost of passenger operators is feasible using Great Britain rail industry data and has identified several statistically significant drivers of operating costs. However, further work is required to strengthen understanding of the key cost drivers and the relationships between them, identify appropriate benchmarking methodologies, and develop a practical framework that drives better value for money through comparative analysis, helping to identify opportunities for efficiency improvements and enhanced cost control. A robust cost benchmarking framework will support ORR's future regulatory role by providing an evidence base for understanding cost variation, assessing relative efficiency and identifying opportunities for improvement. The outputs from this study will help inform future cost performance assessment, advice to funders and value-for-money analysis across passenger rail services.