Closed tender

Supporting regional ecosystems and entrepreneurship

Details

Buyer: Department for Science Innovation and Technology
Value: £800,000
Topic: Research and development services and related consultancy services
Published: 29 April 2025
Submission: 26 May 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

This programme will focus on supporting digital and tech companies outside of London and is intended to complement existing efforts across the department to drive regional economic growth. Funding is for one year only as the department develops its longer-term approach through the Industrial Strategy and 2025 Spending Review.

Timeline

Completed: Tender published29 April 2025
Current notice
Completed: Submission date26 May 2025

About the buyer

The Department for Science Innovation and Technology is a central government department, and a dedicated commercial directorate leads on its procurement work alongside project and delivery teams. Common goods and services are bought through Crown Commercial Service frameworks. UK Shared Business Services, a shared-services provider, manages many of the department's lower-value procurements on its behalf. Low-value orders require multiple supplier quotes to ensure value for money.

Over the past 5 years, most of the Department for Science Innovation and Technology's contract awards have been in IT services, research and development and software and information systems.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-science-innovation-and-technology.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-science-innovation-and-technology.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-science-innovation-and-technology.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-science-innovation-and-technology.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-science-innovation-and-technology.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@department-for-science-innovation-and-technology.gov