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# The Mayor’s Innovation Challenge

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-mayor-s-innovation-challenge-ocds-h6vhtk-03b784). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** The West Yorkshire Combined Authority is implementing its regional Innovation Framework which outlines a priority to drive forward a mission-led approach to innovation. As part of this priority, the Mayoral Combined Authority is seeking to appoint an experienced provider or consortia to design, develop and deliver an innovation challenge competition across West Yorkshire. Published lot titles: Lot 1 - The Mayor’s Innovation Prize for Young People; Lot 2 - The Mayor’s Innovation Challenge; Lot 3 - The Mayor’s Transformational Innovation Challenge.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [West Yorkshire Combined Authority](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/west-yorkshire-combined-authority-ons-e47000003)
- **Published Value:** £2,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 29 February 2024 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 3
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, Education and training services, Health and social work services, Other community, social and personal services
- **Delivery Location:** UKE4
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-mayor-s-innovation-challenge-ocds-h6vhtk-03b784#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03b784`

## 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/the-mayor-s-innovation-challenge-ocds-h6vhtk-03b784#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [uk.eu-supply.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fuk.eu-supply.com%2Fapp%2Frfq%2Frwlentrance_s.asp%3FPID%3D66922%26B%3DUK)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-mayor-s-innovation-challenge-ocds-h6vhtk-03b784#participate

## Description
The West Yorkshire Combined Authority is implementing its regional Innovation Framework which outlines a priority to drive forward a mission-led approach to innovation. As part of this priority, the Mayoral Combined Authority is seeking to appoint an experienced provider or consortia to design, develop and deliver an innovation challenge competition across West Yorkshire. This should provide SMEs, entrepreneurs and/or start-ups with a real-world, West Yorkshire based challenge or problem and the task of developing a new product, service, or technology designed to address that problem through a programme of specifically targeted support, coaching and mentoring. The selected winners of the competition will receive additional funding to develop their solutions and / or business ideas further

## Lots (3)
### Lot 1: Lot 1 - The Mayor’s Innovation Prize for Young People
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 80000000, 85000000, 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKE

- **Estimated Value:** £350,000
- **Description:** To deliver a maximum of two innovation challenges to a maximum of 30 individuals or teams of individuals per cohort, aged 16-26 with a quantifiable starting TRL of 1-3 for each innovation idea.

- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 2: Lot 2 - The Mayor’s Innovation Challenge
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 80000000, 85000000, 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKE

- **Estimated Value:** £500,000
- **Description:** To deliver a maximum of three innovation challenges to bring together the innovative ideas of individuals with commercially successful, regionally based SMEs to capitalise on these ideas and progress their development. A quantifiable TRL starting lev...

- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 3: Lot 3 - The Mayor’s Transformational Innovation Challenge
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 80000000, 85000000, 98000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKE

- **Estimated Value:** £1,150,000
- **Description:** To deliver one innovation challenge to a maximum of 20 SME beneficiaries for a minimum 12-month duration to develop and commercialise innovation proof of concepts generated by regional SMEs with a starting TRL of 3-5.

- **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%2F003038-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-01-30T11:49:46.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-05T06:41:40.612Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03b784