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# Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) Business Acceleration Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/defence-and-security-accelerator-dasa-business-acceleration-services-ocds-h6vhtk-040c3f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Ministry of Defence: "Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) Business Acceleration Services". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £4,000,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Ministry of Defence](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ministry-of-defence-gov-d17)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £4,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Defence services, Design and execution of research and development
- **Delivery Location:** UKI
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-040c3f`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
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- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

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## Description
This Prior Information Notice is to announce an upcoming opportunity titled the ‘Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) Business Acceleration Services’, which is expecting to launch a pre-qualification questionnaire followed by an invitation to tender in early 2024.
DASA is seeking an experienced partner (or partners through a consortium approach) to deliver business acceleration services to cohorts of high-tech SMEs for NATO’s Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) and UK defence and security innovation. This will include delivering business training and the provision of mentoring programmes and wider engagements with the goal of facilitating the development of SMEs’ products and businesses. The partner(s) will also manage a vibrant innovation space and its start-up community. In sum, these services will increase the range of advanced dual use capability available for civilian, defence, and security customers, providing strategic advantage for the UK and NATO.
To inform the procurement strategy for selecting the delivery partner, DASA plans to hold an Early Market Engagement webinar. At this session DASA plans to seek industry feedback on the requirement, contract framework and pricing, and provide more detail on the opportunity.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 73300000
- **Delivery regions:** UKI

- **Description:** The service delivery period is for two years with the option to extend for a further three years, subject to allowable refinements. 
Flexible cost services
1.	A comprehensive, high-quality acceleration programme for DIANA. The acceleration curriculum...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F030426-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-10-16T10:58:59.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T21:41:30.066Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-040c3f