Innovation Tenders

Two ways in. Search the portals for what is open today, or move earlier and work the pre-tender stage, where 169 of these notices sit. Stotles pulls notices from 100+ portals into one search, so an innovation hub design package and a research programme evaluation surface in the same list. Platform-wide, 2 notices were added in the last seven days.

Broader than most suppliers expect. One half is innovation programmes and grant schemes: research funders and departments buying evaluation, coordination and expert consultancy. The other half is estate work on innovation hubs and innovation quarters, which brings in architecture and design team appointments, air handling and mechanical installation, building cleaning and site security. 702 of the 1,584 notices on record are awards, so there is a long history to read before bidding.

No, and the results mix them. 98 notices match innovation grants, and some are grant competitions published as market engagement notices that state up front they will not lead to a contract for services. Check the notice type before you build anything. The 740 notices titled as innovation programmes are usually straight service contracts with a normal award route.

The research and development family does most of the work. 73000000 (Research and development services and related consultancy services) sits alongside 206 notices in this filter, 73220000 (Development consultancy services) 47, and 73210000 (Research consultancy services) 43. Codes are deliberately not applied as a filter on this page: combining them with the keywords would cut the results from 1,584 to 436.

There is no season to it, but the shape of the results tells you where to look. Only 3 notices are open on this filter, against 169 at pre-tender and 702 already awarded. Searching open tenders alone will miss almost all of it, so read the pre-tender notices and the award history instead. Platform-wide, 2,148 tenders are open now.