Official UK procurement notice
Accelerator Light Tender · UK public procurement notice
Authority: The Crown Estate (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Accelerator Light Programme is the first step in testing the Emerging Technology Lab (ETL) at The Crown Estate. The ETL is part of our London Innovation Hub and is designed to help us explore, test, and scale new technologies that can create long-term value for our business, partners, and communities.
It will run a focused challenge to source, select and support start ups and deliver 1-2 Proof‑of‑Concepts (PoCs) addressing priority problems for The Crown Estate (TCE), while validating a repeatable accelerator mechanism for Year 2+.
- How the procedure runs: Stage 1 Initial Screening Assessment Stage 2 Quality Evaluation & Commercial Evaluation Stage 3 Presentation Stage 4 Final Decision and Approval
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Information technology services · Project management consultancy services · Systems and technical consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (1)
- Commercial: 20
Published award criteria (2)
- Commercial: 20%
- Quality: Quality = 80% (including 10% Social Value and 20% Demonstration)
- Price carries 20 of 20 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 5 Sept 2025, 13:13 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Oct 2025, 10:36 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 20 Oct 2025
- Authority reference
https://secure.sourcedogg.com/profile/676e86f0-50b5-4563-b7b6-529dcfeb28b7/requests/70940- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-054274- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0594e9Find a Tender
- How it runs
Stage 1 Initial Screening Assessment
Stage 2 Quality Evaluation & Commercial Evaluation
Stage 3 Presentation
Stage 4 Final Decision and Approval
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 30 Sept 2025, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Timeline
5 Sept 2025 → 4 Nov 2025 · 7 dates- Tender notice published5 Sept 2025, 13:13 BST
- Submission deadline392 days ago30 Sept 2025, 17:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent373 days ago20 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected by372 days ago20 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published369 days ago24 Oct 2025, 10:36 BST
- Contract starts363 days ago30 Oct 2025
- Standstill ends357 days ago4 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 Sept 2025- Tender notice published5 Sept 2025, 13:13 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published24 Oct 2025, 10:36 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete24 Oct 2025, 10:36 BST
- Contract signature expected5 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLUG AND PLAYAccelerator Light5 Nov 2025 – 4 May 2026 · up to 3 Jun 2026Extensions: 1 month extension (optional) | £150,000 | 20 Oct 2025standstill to 4 Nov 2025 | Standstill |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4final-stage tenders · 6 at stage one | 4 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- PLUG AND PLAYAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender