Official UK procurement notice
NHMF 0363 Provision of Evaluation Services - Heritage Innovation Fund
Authority: Heritage Fund (Central government)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£27,080published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 14 Dec 2025
Awarded to Upstream Research Ltd3 awards
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Provision of Evaluation Services - Heritage Innovation Fund
The Heritage Innovation Fund is a UK-wide pilot programme (2022-2027) to help organisations nurture experimental new ideas with the potential to shape the future of the heritage workforce development (skills, recruitment, underserved audiences and digital engagement).
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The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - limited competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- 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
- 17 Dec 2025, 16:05 GMT
- Last source update
- 17 Dec 2025, 16:05 GMT
- Authority reference
NHMF 0363- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-084006- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f838Find a Tender
Notice history
4 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 17 Dec 2025- Contract award notice published17 Dec 2025, 16:05 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected17 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract signature expected18 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract signature expected19 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 3
Awarded value £27,0801 award exc. VAT · 2 repeated publications of the same award counted once
Bids received 1111 from SMEs
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upstream Research LtdProvision of Evaluation Services - Heritage Innovation Fund5 Jan 2026 – 31 Mar 2027 | £27,080same award published again · counted once | 14 Dec 2025 | Awarded |
| Upstream Research Ltd5 Jan 2026 – 31 Mar 2027 | £27,080same award published again · counted once | 8 Dec 2025 | Awarded |
| Upstream Research LtdNMLF 0363 Provision of Evaluation Services - Heritage Innovation Fund5 Jan 2026 – 31 Mar 2027 | £27,080 | 8 Dec 2025 | Awarded |
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11final-stage tenders | 11 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Upstream Research LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender