Official UK procurement notice
UKRI-5975 Clean Energy Investment and Scale - Investor Engagement
Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionUKRI through its research council, Innovate UK is seeking a delivery partner to provide curated investor engagement activities that support scaling UK clean energy and climate technology companies to access growth and later stage private capital investment.
The aim of this requirement is to improve the quality, relevance and effectiveness of investor engagement, ensuring that interactions between investors across the capital stake and between investors and companies which lead to credible follow up and progress towards investment, commercial partnerships or deployment.
This requirement is not for generic events but for targeted, high quality engagement with relevant investors and ecosystem stakeholder supported by good preparation, quality control, follow ups, initiated deal flow and clear evidence of outcomes.
Successful delivery will improve investor confidence, demonstrate clear investment pipelines, and support better progression
- How the procedure runs: UKRI will be procuring curated investor engagement activities that support scaling UK clean energy and climate technology companies to access growth and later stage private capital investment.under the Procurement Regulations 2024 as a competitive flexible procedure. The proposed approach will follow two stages: Stage One responses shall be evaluated and moderated in full to reach final scores for all Bidders. All Bidders who meet the minimum quality threshold and pass all mandatory pass/fail criteria shall be taken forward to stage two. The minimum quality threshold for this tender shall be 47% of the available 75% attributed to the scored technical and quality questions Stage Two will assess Bidders through a structured presentation and will account for 15% of the total score. The Stage two score shall then be combined with the 85% total maximum score from Stage One to reach each Supplier’s final score, and to determine final ranking. Please refer to tender pack for more details.
CPV: Business and management consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£1,500,000
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality
- Price
- Price carries 10 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 25 Jun 2026, 16:04 BST
- Last source update
- 23 Sept 2026, 16:00 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 28 Aug 2026
- Authority reference
UKRI-5975- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-059986- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06bd69Find a Tender
- How it runs
UKRI will be procuring curated investor engagement activities that support scaling UK clean energy and climate technology companies to access growth and later stage private capital investment.under the Procurement Regulations 2024 as a competitive flexible procedure.
The proposed approach will follow two stages:
Stage One responses shall be evaluated and moderated in full to reach final scores for all Bidders. All Bidders who meet the minimum quality threshold and pass all mandatory pass/fail criteria shall be taken forward to stage two. The minimum quality threshold for this tender shall be 47% of the available 75% attributed to the scored technical and quality questions
Stage Two will assess Bidders through a structured presentation and will account for 15% of the total score. The Stage two score shall then be combined with the 85% total maximum score from Stage One to reach each Supplier’s final score, and to determine final ranking.
Please refer to tender pack for more details.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 21 Jul 2026, 11:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 10 Jul 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
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Timeline
25 Jun 2026 → 23 Sept 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published121 days ago25 Jun 2026, 16:04 BST
- Clarification questions by106 days ago10 Jul 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline95 days ago21 Jul 2026, 11:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent57 days ago28 Aug 2026, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected by56 days ago28 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts47 days ago7 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends43 days ago10 Sept 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published31 days ago23 Sept 2026, 16:00 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 25 Jun 2026- Tender notice published25 Jun 2026, 16:04 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published28 Aug 2026, 15:00 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete28 Aug 2026, 15:00 BST
- Contract signature expected11 Sept 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published23 Sept 2026, 16:00 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tech Nation Group LimitedSME14 Sept 2026 – 13 Sept 2029 · up to 13 Sept 2031Extensions: The Contract duration shall be for a period of 36 months with optional extensions of up to 24 months period from commencement of the Contract. · Options: The duration of the initial contract period is 36 months and there is an optional extension period of a further 24 months subject to approval budget UKRI. | £1,283,731 | 28 Aug 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
UKRI-5975 - Clean Energy Investment and Scale - Investor Engagement · Tech Nation Group LimitedSME
- Signed
- 23 Sept 2026
- Value
- £1,283,731
- Period
- 30 Sept 2026 – 29 Sept 2029 · up to 29 Sept 2031 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- The Contract duration shall be for a period of 36 months with optional extensions of up to 24 months period from commencement of the Contract.
- Options
- The duration of the initial contract period is 36 months and there is an optional extension period of a further 24 months subject to approval budget UKRI.
No agreed KPIs: KPIs have been set but not published in notice.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10final-stage tenders | 7 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Tech Nation Group LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender