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title: "Establish a regional Office of Technology & Innovation"
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# Establish a regional Office of Technology & Innovation

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/establish-a-regional-office-of-technology-innovation-ocds-h6vhtk-056a37). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** CONNECTED PLACES CATAPULT: "Establish a regional Office of Technology & Innovation". Published status: active. Published Value: £60,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 26 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [CONNECTED PLACES CATAPULT](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/connected-places-catapult-GB-COH-11837978)
- **Published Value:** £60,000 (GBP; published on the single lot)
- **Submission Deadline:** 26 August 2025 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-056a37`

## Before you bid
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- **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/establish-a-regional-office-of-technology-innovation-ocds-h6vhtk-056a37#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/establish-a-regional-office-of-technology-innovation-ocds-h6vhtk-056a37#participate

## Description
Connected Places Catapult is seeking to identify a suitable partner to establish a Regional Office for Technology and Innovation (ROTI), with the ambition to launch in f/y 01 April 2026.
The ROTI will build on the collaborative, data-driven models identified in our research of other regional digital capability programmes. We expect to support the creation of a team to co-ordinate innovation, share best practices, and showcase the potential of digital transformation across a city or region.
We are uncertain of exactly what existing capabilities, plans, challenges and networks exist in each city or region. This means flexibility will be required in defining the nature of support required and offered.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £60,000
- **Description:** Connected Places Catapult is seeking to identify a suitable partner to establish a Regional Office for Technology and Innovation (ROTI), with the ambition to launch in f/y 01 April 2026.
The ROTI will build on the collaborative, data-driven models id...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F044762-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-07-31T13:04:58.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-21T12:31:35.777Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-056a37