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title: "ARIA Activation Partners"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-045731"
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# ARIA Activation Partners

Buyer: ADVANCED RESEARCH AND INVENTION AGENCY  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-045731

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## Summary

The Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) has initiated a tender process for its project titled "ARIA Activation Partners". This procurement falls under the services category, specifically targeting research and development services and related consultancy services. The deadline for submission of initial proposals is 29 May 2004, with the deadline for full proposal submission set for 19 July 2024. ARIA aims to fund multiple applicants via both contracts and grants, providing opportunities for organisations to unlock latent ideas, empower talent, support new ventures, and provide insights across various sectors.

The procurement stage is currently active, and the method employed is a competitive procedure with negotiation. The tender period ends on 19 July 2024, providing interested suppliers with ample time to prepare their proposals. The Advanced Research and Invention Agency, based in London, United Kingdom, is seeking partners with technical expertise, a speculative mindset, and a commitment to fostering innovation. This tender presents an opportunity for a diverse range of organisations, including nonprofits, startups, investors, and incubators, to collaborate with ARIA in driving social and economic impact through scientific entrepreneurship and venture creation.

## Notice

ARIA is an R&D funding agency built to unlock scientific and technological breakthroughs that benefit everyone. We empower scientists and engineers to pursue research at the edge of what is technologically or scientifically possible. We reach across disciplines, sectors and institutions to shape, fund and manage projects across the R&D ecosystem, from startups to universities, to break down silos and discover new pathways. We're looking for proposals for Activation Partners who will unlock latent ideas, empower talent, support new ventures, and provide insights and connectivity across our opportunity spaces. For more info see http://aria.org.uk/activation-partners

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Scientific breakthroughs alone won't lead to impact, this is why we're embedding science entrepreneurship into all that we do - from how we recruit our Programme Directors to our funding terms. We're now looking for Activation Partners to help catalyse entrepreneurial talent and venture creation across our opportunity spaces. Activation Partners will unlock latent ideas, empower talent, support new ventures, and provide insights and connectivity across our opportunity spaces. Success will be about more than just deliverables, partners will work alongside us to foster a culture of innovation that propels our opportunity spaces, and therefore the UK, towards massive social and economic impact. What we're looking for We don't have preconceptions about the types of organisation we'll work with or highly structured plans for what they'll do - the shape of these partnerships will be driven by the creativity, imagination, instincts and experience of our selected partners. You can be a nonprofit, startup, fellowship programme, deeptech investor, incubator/accelerator, venture creator, or something else entirely. Above all, we're looking for partners with a deeply technical focus, an appetite for the highly speculative and a commitment to operating as founder and scientist friendly.

Options: Additional funding, scope and duration could be added to any contracts awarded.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014340-2024 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Competitive procedure with negotiation |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 3 May 2024 |
| Submission deadline | 19 Jul 2024 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Active |
| Lots status | Active |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | ADVANCED RESEARCH AND INVENTION AGENCY |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | North West London |
| Postcode | NW1 2DB |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI36 Camden |
| Local authority | Camden |
| Electoral ward | St Pancras & Somers Town |
| Westminster constituency | Holborn and St Pancras |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

### Codes

- 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

## Release History

- 3 May 2024 at 11:20 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014340-2024

## Notice URLs

- http://aria.org.uk/activation-partners
- http://www.aria.org.uk/activation-partners

## Provenance

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