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Published 4 Nov 2025, 13:00 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

UKRI-5332 - Research and related services for Innovate UK provided by the Enterprise Research Centre (ERC)

Official notice

Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)

Direct award
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: South West (UKK14)
Awarded value£300,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 4 Nov 2025no call for competition
Awarded to University of Warwick

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Innovate UK is looking to procure the services of the Enterprise Research Centre. These services include:

  • Rapid literature reviews
  • State of the Art (SOTA) reviews - short briefings on tightly-defined topics, drawing on the most recent research and policy literature
  • Substantive literature reviews
  • Collaborative primary research projects
  • Conducting surveys and/or data matching with secure databases
  • Advisory support on specific policy or evidence-based queries
  • Capacity development activities such as teach-ins
  • Round-tables and working groups to support policy design and development activity
  • Subject matter expertise support (e.g. advisory panel membership)
  • Access to the ERC State of Small Business Britain annual conference and other collaborative events such as the Longitudinal Small Business Survey (LSBS) research showcase
  • Access to ERC publications (reports, insights, blogs, podcasts) and related research outputs e.g. Global Entrepreneurship Monitor and LSBS projects
  • Membership and access to regular organised funders group panels, enabling engagement and networking across the different sponsoring organisations (current membership includes: Department for Business and Trade, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, Intellectual Property Office, British Business Bank)
  • Access to ERC’s network of innovative SMEs.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: South West
79310000 Market research services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
4 Nov 2025, 13:00 GMT
Last source update
20 Jul 2026, 14:24 BST
Authority reference
UKRI-5332
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-068289
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
South West (UKK14)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d9dc Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights
Published justification

Supplier has unique connection to the audience and moving all sponsoring members to an alternative supplier is not possible

Review and risk notes
Risks

None

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

13 Nov 2025 → 20 Jul 2026 · 2 dates
  1. Standstill ends337 days ago
    13 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
  2. Notice published89 days ago
    20 Jul 2026, 14:24 BST

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Nov 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    4 Nov 2025, 13:00 GMT
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    4 Nov 2025, 19:33 GMT
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    17 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled
  4. Contract details notice published
    20 Jul 2026, 14:24 BST
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £300,0001 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 30 Mar 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
University of WarwickUKRI-533218 Nov 2025 – 31 Mar 2028£300,0004 Nov 2025Awarded

Contracts

  • UKRI-5332 · University of Warwick

    Signed
    30 Mar 2026
    Value
    £300,000
    Period
    31 Mar 2026 – 31 Mar 2028
    Status
    active

    No agreed KPIs: Not required

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PDQJ-7126-JDHG Polaris House, Swindon, Wiltshire, South West, SN2 1FLContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • University of WarwickAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PGDC-7539-YXVM University House, Kirby Corner Road, Coventry, West Midlands, CV4 8UWContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender