Closed tender

UKRI-5909 IUK Clean Energy First of a Kind (FOAK) Builder Programme

Details

Value
£4,500,000
Topic
Technical assistance services
Published
23 June 2026
Submission
21 July 2026

Tender description

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is procuring a Technical Assistance Supplier (TAS) to work with Innovate UK in establishing the First of a Kind (FOAK) Builder Programme. The objective of the the FOAK builder programme is to rapidly accelerate the development and scale-up of innovative climate tech companies in the UK. The opportunity is broken down into two phases with a maximum budget of £1.1 million for phase 1 and £3.4 million for phase 2. Ex VAT

Timeline

  1. Completed: Tender published23 June 2026
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Submission date21 July 2026

About the buyer

UK Research & Innovation is the non-departmental public body that brings together the seven research councils, Research England and Innovate UK, and runs its own supplier portal. Suppliers register and respond to e-tenders on that portal, an Atamis system. Opportunities are also advertised on Contracts Finder and Find a Tender. Framework agreements let by the body, including one for office furniture, are published on Find a Tender. Tenders from the national laboratories run by the Science and Technology Facilities Council appear on the same portal. The UK Industrial Liaison Office gives UK companies advance notice of tenders from international facilities such as CERN and ESO.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of UK Research & Innovation's contract awards have been in business services, laboratory and precision equipment and repair and maintenance.

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  • 71356200 · Technical assistance services

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