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    ContractsInnovation Procurement Marketplace
    Open tender

    Innovation Procurement Marketplace

    Contract value
    £500m
    Published 9 Jul 2026

    A government-backed marketplace connecting public sector buyers with specialist suppliers to procure innovative solutions more easily and accessibly.

    🇬🇧United Kingdom· North WestPublished 9 Jul 2026· 1 months agoviaFind a Tender
    Contract value
    £500m
    Published 9 Jul 2026

    Decision brief

    4 fields
    • Contract value
      £500,000,000indicative
      Pounds sterling
    • Closing date
      Rolling
      No closing date published
    • Sector
      Research & Innovation
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    • Location
      🇬🇧United Kingdom
      North West

    Lifecycle

    Open

    Open tender — no closing date published. Opened 1 months ago.

    9 July 2026
    Open tender · no closing date published

    Brief

    The Commercial Innovation Hub (CIH) is a government centre of excellence designed to make it easier for public sector organizations to procure innovative solutions. It addresses key barriers to innovation procurement, including making it more accessible to SMEs and startups, improving risk culture, and providing better awareness of commercial innovation opportunities through briefs, tools, and templates. The CIH operates in two stages: first, Digital Commercial Innovation Sandboxes (led by DSIT) where public sector problems and potential solutions are identified and tested, and second, the Innovation Marketplace where buyers can access a dynamic pool of suppliers specializing in innovative services across a wide range of sectors. This marketplace provides a contractual route for solutions ready to move from testing to delivery. For inquiries about this agreement, please contact the GCA and reference the agreement details in your correspondence.

    Track record

    4 awards · 3 winners
    Open field

    No single supplier dominates the field.

    In research innovation, Government Commercial Agency has awarded 4 contracts to 3 suppliers.

    Who wins here
    1. IPSOS MARKET RESEARCH LIMITED2× · 50%
    2. ONE SUPPLY PLANET LTD1× · 25%
    3. NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH1× · 25%

    Across research innovation, the most active winners are IPSOS MARKET RESEARCH LIMITED, WSP UK LIMITED, IFF RESEARCH LIMITED — the field to beat, or your route in as a partner.

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    Publisher
    UK Cabinet Office
    Licence
    OGL v3.0
    Source
    find-tender.service.gov.uk
    Record ID
    ocds-h6vhtk-06c6e7
    GC
    Buyer
    Government Commercial Agency
    Sector
    Research & Innovation