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title: "Request for Proposal Prize Partner"
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# Request for Proposal Prize Partner

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/request-for-proposal-prize-partner-ocds-h6vhtk-04385d). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Advanced Research and Invention Agency: "Request for Proposal Prize Partner". Published status: active. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 8 Mar 2024, 16:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.aria.org.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Advanced Research and Invention Agency](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/advanced-research-and-invention-agency-gov-pb1364)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 8 March 2024 at 16:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive procedure with negotiation
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Design and execution of research and development
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/request-for-proposal-prize-partner-ocds-h6vhtk-04385d#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04385d`

## 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/request-for-proposal-prize-partner-ocds-h6vhtk-04385d#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [aria.org.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aria.org.uk%2Fsupply-to-us)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/request-for-proposal-prize-partner-ocds-h6vhtk-04385d#participate

## Description
We are looking for a partner to help us design and deliver a R&D challenge prize at ARIA. This will involve working with our internal team and one Programme Director to deliver:
+ A specific prize in our robotics programme
+ A codified framework that could be used for future challenge prizes at ARIA.
The contract will run for the duration of the agreed scope. Where the partnership proves to be a good fit and there is a requirement for additional prizes beyond this initial scope, ARIA will have the option to extend the contract beyond the initial term, value and scope. 
ARIA is exempt from the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (PCR) therefore this procurement is not subject to the PCRs but is shared here for transparency.

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

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** We are looking for a partner to help us design and deliver a R&D challenge prize at ARIA. This will involve working with our internal team and one Programme Director to deliver:
+ A specific prize in our robotics programme
+ A codified framework that...

- **Options published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F004233-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-02-08T13:44:55.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T08:56:20.423Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04385d