CSP25191 - STFC Specialist Business Support Services
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Published
11 Mar 2026
Description
UK Research and Innovation ("UKRI") require a supplier to provide specialist business support services for consultancy, commercial coaching and specialist training for business founders, including developing a high-performing team. The services would be delivered to third party startups that are incubated in STFC's Programmes. The outcome of these services is to help STFC to increase and accelerate the growth of UK Deep tech start-ups and so deliver a return to the UK economy and support the UK Government's Growth Mission. The user is STFC's Incubation Programmes team, who would manage the supplier(s) to deliver procured services to incubated startups. These specialist services are essential to enable the STFC team's ability to deliver our objectives.
Scope
- Reference
- CSP25191
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 05 Jan 2026 to 05 Jan 2028Possible extension to 07 Jan 2030
There will be an optional extension of 2 years for the Contracting Authority to extend on a +2 basis valued at a total off £220,500.00 ex VAT per year. However this a estimated spend and is not committed unless the extension is utilised.
- CPV classifications
- 799960007999800080500000
- Contract locations
- UK, United Kingdom
- Particular suitability
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)Voluntary, community and social enterprises (VCSE)
Award criteria
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| Name | Description | Type | Weighting |
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| Technical | — | quality | 75.00% |
| Commercial | — | price | 25.00% |
Submission & procedure
- Procedure
- Open procedure
Award details
Awarded supplier(s), contract period and value as published in the award notice.
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