Awarded contract

Bioeconomy/Engineering Biology Expert Consultancy

Details

Buyer: Centre for Process Innovation
Supplier(s): 11 suppliers
BIOCONSULTING INTERNATIONAL
Britest Ltd
Camrosh Limited
CCTech Ltd
ForgeFront
IfM Education and Consultancy Services Ltd
NNFCC LIMITED
Optimat
Perspective Economics Limited
TransitionHERO B.V.
Urban Foresight Limited
Value: £350,000
Duration: 2 years
Topic: Research and development services and related consultancy services
Published: 28 September 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

CPI requires access to a pool of specialist consultants, to complement its own internal knowledge and experience related to the strategic development of the UK’s Bioeconomy/Engineering Biology capabilities in support of the UK Government’s Modern Industrial Strategy and its Plan for Change missions. The Industrial Strategy highlights Engineering Biology (EB) as a Frontier Technology focus area for the UK. EB, and the Bioeconomy more broadly, directly supports five of the eight Industrial Strategy Priority sectors – Advanced Manufacturing, Clean Energy Industries, Defence, Life Sciences and Digital and Technologies. CPI works with the UK Government, partners and stakeholder in the development of business cases and strategic proposals to help address national opportunities in these areas and is seeking to establish a procurement framework which enables it to flexibly and responsively bring in specialist input external to the organisation to assist with these activities. ## Contract award Title: Bioeconomy/Engineering Biology Expert Consultancy - Lot 1 - Strategy & Economic Development Lots: - Lot 1: Lot 1 – Strategy & Economic Development ## Contract award Title: Bioeconomy/Engineering Biology Expert Consultancy - Lot 2 - Commercial, Supply Chain and Business Transformation Lots: - Lot 2: Lot 2 – Commercial, Supply Chain and Business Transformation ## Contract award Title: Bioeconomy/Engineering Biology Expert Consultancy -Lot 3 - Technical, Infrastructure and Skills Delivery Lots: - Lot 3: Lot 3 - Technical, Infrastructure and Skills Delivery ## Contract award Title: Bioeconomy/Engineering Biology Expert Consultancy - Lot 4 - Policy & Legislation Lots: - Lot 4: Lot 4 - Policy & Legislation

Timeline

Completed: Award date25 September 2026
Completed: Award published28 September 2026
Current notice
Next: Contract expiry date7 October 2028in 2 years

About the buyer

Centre for Process Innovation buys as a public sector innovation and technology organisation, and is a founding partner in the High Value Manufacturing Catapult network. Suppliers register for tenders through a dedicated In-Tend procurement portal. The UK government agency ONE NorthEast established the organisation in 2004 to develop advanced manufacturing and process technologies. Ten innovation centres across North East England and Scotland carry out its research and development work. European and UK government programmes fund its work, including the European Regional Development Fund. Facilities, expertise and funder networks help businesses develop, test and scale new products.

£434bn was the total UK public sector procurement spend in FY 2025/26.

Over the past 5 years, most of Centre for Process Innovation's contract awards have been in laboratory and precision equipment, IT services and repair and maintenance.

Relevant CPV codes

73000000 · Research and development services and related consultancy services

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@centre-for-process-innovation.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@centre-for-process-innovation.gov
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Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@centre-for-process-innovation.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@centre-for-process-innovation.gov