Official UK procurement notice
Climate-Tech Innovation Partnership — UK public procurement notice
Authority: Great British Energy Group Limited
Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: UK
Awarded value £164,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 9 Sept 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Sustainable Venture Development Partners Ltd
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Climate-Tech Innovation Partnership is being trialled by GBE to support the organisation in identifying and working with UK based climate tech companies to accelerate clean energy deployment and to build the industries, supply chains and jobs that support it. The Partnership is aimed at allowing GBE to reach companies inventing and scaling the required technology, and create a clear, evidenced based strategy for future engagement.
CPV: Research services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1This project is a six-month (6) prototype service to assess the abilities and benefits of an 'Innovation Partnership' within the Climate-Tech ecosystemAwarded
This project is a six-month (6) prototype service to assess the abilities and benefits of an 'Innovation Partnership' within the Climate-Tech ecosystem.
The partnership has four components:
1. Strategy review defining how embedding into climate-technology
ecosystems can advance GBEʼs mandate.
2. A national convening membership across the UK.
3. Innovation sponsorship placing GBE in front of founders, investors and the supply chain.
4. A specific focus on grassroots advisory and grant clinics to support GBE community engagement as grant schemes roll-out.
73110000 Research services
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award — no call for competition
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 9 Sept 2026, 18:57 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Sept 2026, 18:57 BST
- Authority reference
prj_7636- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f610
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations and is a direct award due to the unique services being trialled, the licensing requirement of the scope and the lack of conflict of interest the supplier has in GBE's wider business.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £164,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 9 Sept 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sustainable Venture Development Partners LtdSME | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 085577-2026-1 · Sustainable Venture Development Partners LtdSME
- Signed
- 9 Sept 2026
- Value
- £164,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the noticeOfficial documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.