--- title: "Commercialisation, Adoption Brokerage and Investment Readiness Support for the Infrastructure Productivity Scale-Up Programme" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-077972" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-077972" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-077972.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-077972.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "Connected Places Catapult" published: "2026-09-24" --- # Commercialisation, Adoption Brokerage and Investment Readiness Support for the Infrastructure Productivity Scale-Up Programme Buyer: Connected Places Catapult Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-077972 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-077972) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-077972.json) ## Summary Connected Places Catapult is seeking specialist consultancy to support small and medium-sized businesses on its Infrastructure Productivity Scale-Up Programme. The work covers commercialisation and procurement readiness, developing return-on-investment cases and value propositions, investment readiness, and brokering adoption opportunities. The programme helps businesses with mature technologies and services connect with infrastructure owners, operators, contractors and industry decision-makers, validate challenges and move proven productivity solutions towards procurement and deployment across the UK infrastructure sector. This is business and management consultancy (CPV 79400000). The programme is intended for high-potential SMEs with technologies at technology readiness level 8 or above. The contracting buyer is Connected Places Catapult; the programme concerns the UK infrastructure sector. The buyer invited offers through an open competition, and the process reached the tender stage. Bids and enquiries were due by 15 October 2026 at 12:00. The contract period is 4 January to 31 March 2027. The stated evaluation basis gives quality an 80% weighting and cost 20%; the full award criteria are in the tender documents. The procurement is divided into one lot. The published estimated value is recorded as £0 for the overall tender and as AED 0 for the lot, so these figures do not provide a usable indication of the contract’s commercial scale. Electronic submission was permitted through the buyer’s supplier portal. This opportunity suits consultancy providers able to work with high-potential SMEs whose technologies are already mature (TRL 8+) and whose products or services address productivity challenges in infrastructure. Relevant strengths include shaping commercial propositions and return-on-investment cases, preparing firms for procurement and investment, and brokering adoption between SMEs and infrastructure owners, operators, contractors and other industry decision-makers. Suppliers should be able to validate challenges with industry, structure engagement and help turn adoption opportunities into routes towards procurement and deployment. The work spans commercialisation, investment readiness and procurement, so it is best matched to teams with experience across these areas and familiarity with the UK infrastructure sector. The quality-led evaluation means the proposed approach and relevant delivery capability carry substantially more weight than cost. ## Notice Provision of specialist commercialisation, adoption brokerage, procurement readiness, Return on investment/value proposition development and investment readiness support for priority SMEs participating in the Infrastructure Productivity Scale-Up Programme. The Infrastructure Productivity Scale-Up Programme is a Connected Places Catapult initiative designed to accelerate the adoption of proven productivity solutions across the UK infrastructure sector. The programme supports high-potential SMEs with mature technologies (TRL8+) and services to engage directly with infrastructure owners, operators, contractors and industry decision-makers. Through structured engagement, challenge validation and adoption brokerage activities, the programme aims to help SMEs progress adoption opportunities and create clearer pathways into procurement and deployment. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/090535-2026 | | Notice type | UK4 - Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Below threshold - open competition | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 24 Sep 2026 | | Submission deadline | 15 Oct 2026 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 4 Jan 2027 - 31 Mar 2027 | | 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 | Connected Places Catapult | | Locality | LONDON | | Postcode area | Central London | | Postcode | EC1R 0BE | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East | | ITL 3 | TLI43 Haringey and Islington | | Local authority | Islington | | Electoral ward | Clerkenwell | | Westminster constituency | Islington South and Finsbury | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security ### Codes - 79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services ## Release History - 24 Sep 2026 at 12:44 - Tender - UK4 - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/090535-2026 ## Documents - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/090535-2026 24th September 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender - https://supplier.in-tend.co.uk/cpcatapult/home Full tender document set is at link above. ## Notice URLs - https://cp.catapult.org.uk/ - https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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