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# Accelerator Light Tender

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/accelerator-light-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-0594e9). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** The Crown Estate: "Accelerator Light Tender". Published status: complete. Published Value: £180,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 30 Sept 2025, 17:00 BST. Published submission portal: secure.sourcedogg.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [The Crown Estate](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-crown-estate-gov-ot100)
- **Published Value:** £180,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 30 September 2025 at 17:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive flexible procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support, Information technology services, Project management consultancy services, Systems and technical consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £150,000 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 3 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/accelerator-light-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-0594e9#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0594e9`

## 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/accelerator-light-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-0594e9#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [secure.sourcedogg.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsecure.sourcedogg.com%2Fprofile%2F676e86f0-50b5-4563-b7b6-529dcfeb28b7%2Frequests%2F70940)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/accelerator-light-tender-ocds-h6vhtk-0594e9#participate

## Description
The 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+.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 72000000, 72220000, 72222300, 72224000

- **Estimated Value:** £180,000

- **Contract Period:** 30/10/2025 to 30/03/2026
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Accelerator Light (pending)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **PLUG AND PLAY**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:13508062`
  - Value: £150,000 (exc. VAT)
  - Date: 19/10/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F054274-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-10-24T09:36:52.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T10:39:44.362Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0594e9