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title: "(NU/1433-31) Signapse Ltd: The Provision of Business Consultancy to Assist Commercialisation of University Research."
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# (NU/1433-31) Signapse Ltd: The Provision of Business Consultancy to Assist Commercialisation of University Research.

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nu-1433-31-signapse-ltd-the-provision-of-business-consultancy-to-assist-commercialisation--ocds-h6vhtk-0354bb). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Newcastle University: "(NU/1433-31) Signapse Ltd: The Provision of Business Consultancy to Assist Commercialisation of University Research.". Published status: complete. Dynamic Market Estimate: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Newcastle University](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/newcastle-university-GB-FTS-95021)
- **Dynamic Market Estimate (lifetime call-offs):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Business and management consultancy and related services
- **Delivery Location:** UKC
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0354bb`

## 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/nu-1433-31-signapse-ltd-the-provision-of-business-consultancy-to-assist-commercialisation--ocds-h6vhtk-0354bb#tl-md)

## Description
Our vision is to solve the challenge of automatic sign language translation by using Artificial Intelligence (AI). We will do this by creating an AI platform that uses neural networks and deep learning to: Provide anonymization, consistency, and reliability to sign language interpretation • Generate sign language from text/voice. • Detect and understand sign language and translate to text/voice • Develop an interactive and dynamic product Our mission is to open the world for Deaf people, meaning Deaf people can communicate freely and easily with hearing people and provide access to information where none currently exists. This will be far safer, quicker, and cheaper than the current provision, meeting the UK and the EU Governments’ Green agenda. The initial brief of the executive will be to: Phase (1) Produce a viable 5-year business plan, finance strategy and pitch pack Phase (2) Act for the company in the spin-out legal process and address all company formation matters Phase (3) Create an investment strategy and bring in the first £100k. Phase (4) Get 2 use cases up and running, with support from a freelance product manager. These will be either Network Rail, Lloyds bank, Finnish or Swiss broadcast companies or ASDA.

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

- **Delivery regions:** UKC

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 019987-2022-(NU/1433-31-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Signapse/Sally Chalk**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-59535`
  - Value: £30,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 019987-2022-(NU/1433-31-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £30,000
  - Signed Date: 29/06/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F019987-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-07-22T09:52:47.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T23:42:07.725Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0354bb