Official UK procurement notice
Provide support for the activities of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult
Authority: HIGH VALUE MANUFACTURING CATAPULT (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionContract 1 - 01 April 25 - 30 Sept 25
Offering advice, guidance and support to the Chief Portfolio Officer and the Portfolio Team or others.
Playing a role in project and programme teams as requested and where expertise and experience held is relevant.
Provision of specialist technical support and insight to HVM Catapult in areas of expertise.
Propose and help to secure and/or execute new opportunities and activities as part of the HVM Catapult portfolio.
Represent the HVM Catapult when requested in various meetings, workshops or events.
Contract 2 - 01 April 25 - 31 March 26
Behind the scenes support for cross-Catapult RTG meetings.
Supporting in the development of concepts for Spending Review and other funding mechanisms - MetaMaterials Technology Pull Through, Researchers in Residence continuation, AI and Digital concepts.
Supporting Academic Liaison Work Group, including UKRI engagement, weekly meetings and face-to-face workshops
Supporting Technology Roadmap development; positioning, stakeholder engagement, workshops.
Ad-hoc activities leveraging expertise, knowledge of the HVMC network, and external network
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 5 Aug 2025, 11:17 BST
- Last source update
- 5 Aug 2025, 11:17 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-046035- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058152Find a Tender
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published5 Aug 2025, 11:17 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| M J Hinton Consultancy | £71,444 † | — | Awarded |
| M J Hinton Consultancy | £90,504 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Provide support for the activities of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult - Portfolio Team · M J Hinton Consultancy
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2025
- Value
- £71,444
- Period
- 1 Apr 2025 – 30 Sept 2025
- Status
- active
Provide support for the activities of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult Technology Function · M J Hinton Consultancy
- Signed
- 1 Apr 2025
- Value
- £90,504
- Period
- 1 Apr 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- M J Hinton ConsultancyAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender