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# 4D Animate Platform/Power Technologies (4DAPT)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/4d-animate-platform-power-technologies-4dapt-ocds-h6vhtk-05a0ab). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Defence Science and Technology Laboratory: "4D Animate Platform/Power Technologies (4DAPT)". Published status: cancelled. Framework Ceiling: £1,300,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 24 Oct 2025, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: contracts.mod.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** CANCELLED (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Defence Science and Technology Laboratory](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/defence-science-and-technology-laboratory-gov-ea42)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £1,300,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 24 October 2025 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive flexible procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Research and development services and related consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 6 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/4d-animate-platform-power-technologies-4dapt-ocds-h6vhtk-05a0ab#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05a0ab`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/4d-animate-platform-power-technologies-4dapt-ocds-h6vhtk-05a0ab#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [contracts.mod.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontracts.mod.uk%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/4d-animate-platform-power-technologies-4dapt-ocds-h6vhtk-05a0ab#participate

## Description
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) and Agence de l'innovation de défense (AID) are jointly launching a call for expressions of interest (EOI) aimed at identifying French Universities and Public Laboratories and British Universities who can address scientific questions raised in the field of 4D printing. The aim is to accelerate the use of intelligent 3D printed materials through design, manufacturing and modelling to provide intelligent or animated components for self-adaptive platforms. Despite the potential benefits of 4D printing, many challenges remain before it can be widely applied.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** cancelled
- **CPV codes:** 73000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £1,300,000

- **Contract Period:** 31/03/2026 to 31/03/2029

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 1 (cancelled)

  - Supplier(s): **Not published**

  - Date: 29/10/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F059103-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-10-29T08:48:10.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T06:35:28.708Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05a0ab