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# SME, Academic and Ecosystem Innovation Programme Platform

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sme-academic-and-ecosystem-innovation-programme-platform-ocds-h6vhtk-044fbd). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** CONNECTED PLACES CATAPULT: "SME, Academic and Ecosystem Innovation Programme Platform". Published status: active. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 2 May 2024, 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:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 2 May 2024 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support, Software package and information systems
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-044fbd`

## 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/sme-academic-and-ecosystem-innovation-programme-platform-ocds-h6vhtk-044fbd#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FRegister)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sme-academic-and-ecosystem-innovation-programme-platform-ocds-h6vhtk-044fbd#participate

## Description
This Invitation to Tender (ITT) is being issued as part of the procurement of SME, Academic and Ecosystem Innovation Programme Platform (referred to hereafter as the products and services) to be provided to Connected Places Catapult (CPC)

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 48000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** This Invitation to Tender (ITT) is being issued as part of the procurement of SME, Academic and Ecosystem Innovation Programme Platform (referred to hereafter as the products and services) to be provided to Connected Places Catapult (CPC)

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F011013-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-04-04T15:27:54.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-21T12:33:16.401Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-044fbd