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    ContractsDigital Innovation Hub for Public Sector Procurement
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    Digital Innovation Hub for Public Sector Procurement

    A digital platform enabling public sector buyers and innovative suppliers to collaborate, test ideas, and build evidence before formal procurement.

    🇬🇧United Kingdom· EnglandPublished 23 Jun 2026· 2 months agoviaFind a Tender

    Decision brief

    4 fields
    • Contract value
      Not disclosed
      Source did not declare a figure
    • Closing date
      Rolling
      No closing date published
    • Sector
      Research & Innovation
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    • Location
      🇬🇧United Kingdom
      England

    Lifecycle

    Open

    Open tender — no closing date published. Opened 2 months ago.

    23 June 2026
    Open tender · no closing date published

    Brief

    The government is developing a digital platform to improve how public sector organizations buy innovative solutions. Currently, public sector procurement is slow and risk-averse, making it difficult for buyers to find and test new ideas, and hard for suppliers—especially small businesses and startups—to understand what's needed and break into the market. The Commercial Innovation Hub will create an online space where public sector buyers and innovative suppliers can meet, discuss challenges, test ideas, and collaborate before formal procurement begins. This reduces risk and creates clearer pathways to doing business. The platform will include features such as: - Sandbox areas for testing ideas safely - Supplier directories and networking spaces - Noticeboards and document repositories - Chat and collaboration tools - Links to the formal Innovation Marketplace for procurement The Hub aims to: - Make it easier for public sector teams to find and engage with innovative suppliers - Lower barriers to entry for SMEs, startups, and diverse suppliers - Allow buyers and suppliers to test and refine problems and solutions together before formal procurement - Support faster, more commercially viable routes to scaling solutions Ideal participants include public sector buyers, commercial teams, policy specialists, SMEs, startups, and larger suppliers willing to partner with innovators. Note: This is early market engagement. The government is not obligated to proceed with a full procurement and participants will not be reimbursed for involvement.

    Track record

    4 awards · 4 winners
    Open field

    No single supplier dominates the field.

    In research innovation, Department for Science, Innovation & Technology has awarded 4 contracts to 4 suppliers.

    Who wins here
    1. UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK1× · 25%
    2. THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM1× · 25%
    3. Medly AI1× · 25%
    4. IfM Engage Ltd1× · 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-06badf
    DF
    Buyer
    Department for Science, Innovation & Technology
    Sector
    Research & Innovation