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Official UK procurement notice

Accelerator Light Tender · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: The Crown Estate (Central government)

ServicesCompetitive flexible procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable

Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: UK

Published estimate£180,000£216,000 inc. VAT16.7% below published estimate

Submissions closed 30 Sept 2025awarded 20 Oct 2025

Award (standstill) to PLUG AND PLAY

Contract term 5 moends 30 Mar 2026 · up to 30 Jun 2026 with extensions · starts 30 Oct 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Accelerator Light Programme is the first step in testing the Emerging Technology Lab (ETL) at The Crown Estate. The ETL is part of our London Innovation Hub and is designed to help us explore, test, and scale new technologies that can create long-term value for our business, partners, and communities.

It will run a focused challenge to source, select and support start ups and deliver 1-2 Proof‑of‑Concepts (PoCs) addressing priority problems for The Crown Estate (TCE), while validating a repeatable accelerator mechanism for Year 2+.

How the procedure runs: Stage 1 Initial Screening Assessment Stage 2 Quality Evaluation & Commercial Evaluation Stage 3 Presentation Stage 4 Final Decision and Approval

CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Information technology services · Project management consultancy services · Systems and technical consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published

Lot #1AwardedRenewal 5 moPublished value£180,000

Contract period: 30 Oct 2025 – 30 Mar 2026 (5 mo) · up to 30 Jun 2026 with extensionsValue: £180,000 exc. VAT · £216,000 inc. VAT

Extensions: The Contract will be for a term of 6 months, with an option to extend by an additional 3 months at The Crown Estates discretion.

72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support 72220000 Systems and technical consultancy services 72222300 Information technology services 72224000 Project management consultancy services

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more

How bids were scored

Price: 20

Published sub-criteria (1)

Commercial: 20

Published award criteria (2)

Commercial: 20%
Quality: Quality = 80% (including 10% Social Value and 20% Demonstration)

What this means for your bid

Price carries 20 of 20 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Competitive flexible procedure
Legal basis: UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded
Procurement threshold: Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 5 Sept 2025, 13:13 BST
Last source update: 24 Oct 2025, 10:36 BST
Award evaluation window: Submission end – 20 Oct 2025
Authority reference: https://secure.sourcedogg.com/profile/676e86f0-50b5-4563-b7b6-529dcfeb28b7/requests/70940
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-054274
Latest notice: Contract award notice (UK6)
Classification (CPV): IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportInformation technology servicesProject management consultancy servicesSystems and technical consultancy services
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0594e9 Find a Tender

How it runs: Stage 1 Initial Screening Assessment
Stage 2 Quality Evaluation & Commercial Evaluation
Stage 3 Presentation
Stage 4 Final Decision and Approval

How it was run

Official notice

Run through: portal not identified

Electronic submission allowedLanguage: EN

Submission deadline: 30 Sept 2025, 17:00 BST
Submission channel: Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission: Allowed
Accepted languages: en

Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

secure.sourcedogg.com/profile/676e86f0-50b… ↗

Please follow the Link above to the Request on SourceDogg in order to apply

Timeline

5 Sept 2025 → 4 Nov 2025 · 7 dates

Tender notice published
5 Sept 2025, 13:13 BST
Submission deadline392 days ago
30 Sept 2025, 17:00 BST
Assessment summaries sent373 days ago
20 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
Award decision expected by372 days ago
20 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
Latest notice published369 days ago
24 Oct 2025, 10:36 BST
Contract starts363 days ago
30 Oct 2025
Standstill ends357 days ago
4 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT

Notice history

4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 Sept 2025

Tender notice published
5 Sept 2025, 13:13 BST
UK4
Contract award notice published
24 Oct 2025, 10:36 BST
UK6
Status changed to complete
24 Oct 2025, 10:36 BST
Contract signature expected
5 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £150,0001 award exc. VAT

Bids received 44 from SMEs

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
PLUG AND PLAYAccelerator Light5 Nov 2025 – 4 May 2026 · up to 3 Jun 2026Extensions: 1 month extension (optional)	£150,000	20 Oct 2025standstill to 4 Nov 2025	Standstill

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
4final-stage tenders · 6 at stage one	4	0	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

The Crown Estate

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PYYN-4743-GYVQ 1 St James Market, London, London, SW1Y 4AHContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

PLUG AND PLAYAwarded supplierGB-COH: 13508062 20 Gracechurch Street 11th Floor, London, London, EC3V 0BGContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender24 Oct 2025, 10:36 BST
Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender5 Sept 2025, 13:13 BST