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UKRI-5975 Clean Energy Investment and Scale - Investor Engagement

UK RESEARCH & INNOVATION

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

28 Aug 2026 at 15:00

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Tender

25 Jun 2026 at 16:04

UK4 - Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

UK Research & Innovation, through Innovate UK, procured investor engagement services for UK clean energy and climate technology companies. The delivery partner is responsible for curated, targeted activities that help companies access growth and later-stage private capital. The work is intended to improve the quality and effectiveness of engagement between companies, investors and wider ecosystem stakeholders, leading to credible follow-up, investment, commercial partnerships or deployment. The requirement covers preparation, quality control, follow-up activity, initiated deal flow and evidence of outcomes; it is not a programme of generic events. The service is classified as business and management consultancy. Delivery is across the United Kingdom, with UKRI as the public-sector buyer.

This procurement has reached the award stage, with Tech Nation Group Limited selected for the single lot. The award is pending, with a standstill period ending on 10 September 2026; the scheduled contract signature date is 11 September 2026. The award date is 28 August 2026. The award value is £1,283,730.65 excluding VAT (£1,540,476.78 including VAT). The initial contract period is 14 September 2026 to 13 September 2029, with an optional extension of up to 24 months, ending no later than 13 September 2031. It used an open competitive flexible procedure. Ten bids reached the final stage. Evaluation was 90% quality and 10% price, with a two-stage assessment including a presentation.

This award demonstrates established UKRI demand for specialist investor-engagement support focused on clean energy and climate technology. Relevant suppliers would need to connect scaling companies with suitable growth and later-stage private capital, understand investor and ecosystem stakeholder needs, and turn engagement into credible investment, commercial partnership or deployment opportunities. Strong capability in investor curation, preparation of companies and investors, quality assurance, structured follow-up and initiated deal flow would be important. Suppliers should also be able to evidence outcomes and investment pipelines rather than rely on general networking or event delivery. The competition attracted ten final-stage bids, including seven from SMEs, indicating that credible smaller consultancies can compete. UK-wide delivery capability and experience in business or management consultancy would support future competition for this requirement.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

UKRI-5975 Clean Energy Investment and Scale - Investor Engagement

Notice Description

UKRI 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

Lot Information

Lot 1

Options: An optional 2 year extension is included

Renewal: An optional 2 year extension is included

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06bd69
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/082252-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

CPV Codes

79410000 - Business and management consultancy services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£1,500,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£1,500,000 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
£1,283,730 £1M-£10M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
28 Aug 20262 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
21 Jul 2026Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
28 Aug 20262 weeks ago
Contract Period
14 Sep 2026 - 13 Sep 2029 3-4 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Pending
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
UK RESEARCH & INNOVATION
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
SWINDON, WILTSHIRE
Postcode
SN2 1FL
Postcode Area
Swindon
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLK South West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLK71 Swindon
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Swindon
Electoral Ward
Rodbourne Cheney
Westminster Constituency
Swindon North

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Tech Nation Group Limited

Further Information

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