UKRI awards Materials Innovation Programme evaluation contract to TECHNOPOLIS LIMITED

Tender information last checkedLast checked 20 Oct 2026, 15:27.

Opportunity overview

For the spending review period (FY 26/27 to FY 29/30) £66 million has been allocated to the DSIT-led National Materials Innovation programme (hereafter referred to as NMIP or the Programme). UKRI is delivering £59m of the overall programme through the UKRI Materials Innovation Programme (hereafter referred to as UKRI MIP), with DSIT directly delivering the remaining £7m. The Programme aims to tackle fragmentation across disciplines and sectors, accelerating the domestic translation of critical material innovations into applications which are vital for the future of Advanced Manufacturing, while also underscoring Energy, Digital Technologies, Defence and Life Sciences Industries. Pioneering a national approach to the sector, the programme will establish networks to bring together stakeholders, streamline infrastructure access, and unlock maximal value from existing investments. The programme will tackle materials-specific commercialisation challenges through new initiatives such as targeted programmes of interventions, digital tools, and verification services. Additional activities will address market gaps in strategic materials, strengthening the UK’s sovereign capabilities to mitigate security risks and capitalise on economic opportunities. Without this focus, key innovations risk stalling before reaching the application areas that underpin the UK’s national priorities, drive technological progress, and grow the economy. The programme is expected to deliver benefits across UK priorities with Advanced Materials highlighted in the Industrial Strategy1 as one of six frontier industries and materials underpinning other technological advances such as metamaterials for 6G communication or enhanced data centre efficiency.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Technopolis

Matched by normalised name

Published award value: £546.5k
Awarded: 29 Jul 2026
Award ID: 1
Status: active
Identifier: GB-PPON PVZM-9419-LCNJ
Location: Brighton, UKJ21, BN1 1EE, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Contract details notice on Find a TenderOpen source ↗

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id: C1138
Status: complete
Procurement Method: open
Procurement Method Details: Open procedure

Legal basis

Id: 2023/54
Scheme: UKPGA
Uri: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ↗

Covered By

GPA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1

Id: 1
Status: complete

Published documents

Entry 1

Id: conflictOfInterest
Document Type: conflictOfInterest
Description: Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1

Name: UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)
Id: GB-PPON-PDQJ-7126-JDHG

Identifier

Scheme: GB-PPON
Id: PDQJ-7126-JDHG

Address

Street Address: Polaris House
Locality: Swindon, Wiltshire
Postal Code: SN2 1FL
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom
Region: UKK14

Contact

Name: Corporate Procurement
Email: corporateprocurement@ukri.org

Roles

buyer

Details

Url: https://www.ukri.org/ ↗

Classifications

Entry 1

Scheme: UK_CA_TYPE
Id: publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Description: Public authority - central government

Organisation 2

Name: Technopolis
Id: GB-PPON-PVZM-9419-LCNJ

Identifier

Scheme: GB-PPON
Id: PVZM-9419-LCNJ

Address

Street Address: 3 Pavilion Buildings
Locality: Brighton
Postal Code: BN1 1EE
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom
Region: UKJ21

Contact

Email: info@technopolis-group.com

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale: large
Vcse: No
Public Service Mission Organization: No
Sheltered Workshop: No

Award information

Award 1

Id: 1
Status: active
Main Procurement Category: services

Items

Item 1

Id: 1
Related Lot: 1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1

Scheme: CPV
Id: 73210000
Description: Research consultancy services

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: UKJ21
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-PPON-PVZM-9419-LCNJ
Name: Technopolis

Related lots

Contracts and changes

Entry 1

Id: 1
Award ID: 1
Title: UKRI-5671-Evaluation Materials Innovation Programme
Status: active
Above Threshold: Yes
Date Signed: 10 Aug 2026, 00:00
No Agreed Metrics Rationale: na

Period

Starts: 11 Aug 2026, 00:00
Ends: 10 Aug 2033, 23:59

Value

Including VAT: 655,848
Amount: 546,455
Currency: GBP

Documents

Entry 1

Id: 099027-2026
Document Type: contractNotice
Notice Type: UK7
Description: Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Url: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/099027-2026 ↗
Published: 20 Oct 2026, 13:51
Format: text/html

Recorded locations

Buyer location · Swindon, Wiltshire · UKK14 · SN2 1FL · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

3 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

3 VERSIONS

043410-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender · 12 May 2026, 12:35
072434-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender · 30 Jul 2026, 20:49
099027-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender · 20 Oct 2026, 13:51

PROCURAAXIS AWARD ANALYSIS

Award outcome intelligence

Evidence-bound analysis of the published award appears below the official tender and award information.

ANALYSIS PREVIEW

Award intelligence at a glance

UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) awarded a research-consultancy contract for evaluation of its Materials Innovation Programme to TECHNOPOLIS LIMITED. The contract record states that it was signed on 10 August 2026 and runs from 11 August 2026 to 10 August 2033.

Published outcome signals

Tender notice published12 May 2026Evidence: Release history records a Tender notice on Find a Tender dated 2026-05-12.
Award announced30 July 2026Evidence: Award record lists award date 2026-07-30; release history records a Contract award notice on that date.
Contract signed10 August 2026Evidence: Contract 1 explicitly records dateSigned as 2026-08-10.

98% approved-analysis confidence1 supplier record analysed4 source limitations

SOURCE AND FRESHNESS

Traceable procurement data

Source: Find a Tender
Notice reference: 099027-2026
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06968f
First published: 30 Jul 2026
Last checked: 20 Oct 2026, 15:27
Notice versions reviewed: 3

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HOW THIS WAS PREPARED

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

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Analysis status: Approved for publication
Analysed: 20 Oct 2026

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AWARD OUTCOME

What happened

Published outcome

One active award, covering lot 1, was made to TECHNOPOLIS LIMITED through an open procedure. The stated net contract value is £546,455; the stated gross value is £655,848.

Market significance

This is an evaluation-services engagement linked to UKRI’s delivery of the wider National Materials Innovation programme, which the notice says has £66 million allocated for FY 2026/27 to FY 2029/30. That programme allocation is not the value of this contract.

AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS

1 supplier record analysed

TECHNOPOLIS LIMITED

99% confidence

Award 1 · Lots 1 · 546455 GBP · verified supplier; active award and contract

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Award 1 names source supplier Technopolis. Supplier verification maps this to TECHNOPOLIS LIMITED (company number 02354937). Contract 1, linked to award 1, states a net value of GBP 546,455.

LIFECYCLE

Award or contract stage

Tender notice published

99% confidence

12 May 2026

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Release history records a Tender notice on Find a Tender dated 2026-05-12.

Award announced

99% confidence

30 July 2026

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Award record lists award date 2026-07-30; release history records a Contract award notice on that date.

Contract signed

99% confidence

10 August 2026

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Contract 1 explicitly records dateSigned as 2026-08-10.

Contract start

99% confidence

11 August 2026

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Contract 1 period startDate is 2026-08-11.

Contract details notice published

99% confidence

20 October 2026

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Contract document and release history record the Contract details notice publication on 2026-10-20.

Current record status

98% confidence

Active

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Award 1 and contract 1 are both marked active in the supplied contract data.

VALUES

Published values explained

Stated net contract value

99% confidence

£546,455

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Contract 1 value.amount is 546455 GBP; the award record also states 546455 GBP.

Stated gross contract value

99% confidence

£655,848

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Contract 1 value.amountGross is 655848 GBP.

Wider programme allocation cited in notice

97% confidence

£66 million for FY 2026/27 to FY 2029/30

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Tender description states that £66 million has been allocated to the DSIT-led National Materials Innovation programme, with £59 million delivered through UKRI MIP and £7 million directly delivered by DSIT.

TIMELINE

Procurement timeline

Procurement route

99% confidence

Open procedure

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Tender procurementMethod is open and procurementMethodDetails is Open procedure.

Award date

99% confidence

30 July 2026

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Award 1 award_date is 2026-07-30.

Signature date

99% confidence

10 August 2026

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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-08-10.

Contract period

99% confidence

11 August 2026 to 10 August 2033

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Contract 1 period specifies startDate 2026-08-11 and endDate 2033-08-10.

SCOPE

What was awarded

Requirement

99% confidence

Evaluation of the UKRI Materials Innovation Programme

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Procurement and contract title: UKRI-5671-Evaluation Materials Innovation Programme.

Service classification

99% confidence

Research consultancy services (CPV 73210000)

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Award item lists additional classification CPV 73210000, Research consultancy services.

Lot coverage

99% confidence

Lot 1

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Award 1 relates to lot 1; the contract is linked to award 1.

Programme context

94% confidence

The programme seeks to support materials innovation translation, stakeholder networks, infrastructure access, commercialisation initiatives, digital tools, verification services and strategic-materials capability.

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Tender description describes the objectives and activities of the National Materials Innovation programme and UKRI Materials Innovation Programme.

PROCEDURE

Procedure and competition

Procedure

99% confidence

Open procedure

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Tender data explicitly states an open procedure.

Competition metrics

99% confidence

Unknown

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Information on the number of tenders received, tenderers, scores and evaluation outcome is not supplied in the published notice data.

International coverage

98% confidence

Covered by the GPA

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Tender coveredBy includes GPA.

CONTRACT TERMS

Published contract terms

Contract status

99% confidence

Active

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Contract 1 status is active.

Term

99% confidence

Seven years

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The explicit period runs from 11 August 2026 to 10 August 2033.

Above-threshold status

99% confidence

Above threshold

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Contract 1 aboveThreshold is true.

Performance metrics

90% confidence

No agreed metrics rationale recorded as “na”

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Contract 1 noAgreedMetricsRationale is recorded as na.

Extensions or options

99% confidence

Unknown

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Information on extension, option or renewal terms is not supplied in the published notice data.

COMMERCIAL VIEW

Commercial observations

Commercial structure

98% confidence

A single supplier holds the recorded award for the only listed lot.

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One award is supplied, linked to lot 1 and one supplier, TECHNOPOLIS LIMITED.

Value interpretation

99% confidence

The £546,455 figure is the stated net value for the contract; £655,848 is separately stated as gross value.

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Contract value contains amount GBP 546455 and amountGross GBP 655848.

Programme-value distinction

99% confidence

The £66 million figure describes the wider NMIP allocation and should not be treated as contract spend or supplier revenue.

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The £66 million amount appears in the programme description, while the contract value is separately recorded.

ANALYSIS QUALITY

98%overall confidence

Confidence reflects the completeness and consistency of the published award data.

Reference: ocds-h6vhtk-06968f
Analysed: 20 Oct 2026

APPROVED AWARD ANALYSIS

BUYER CONTEXT

Buyer context

Buyer

99% confidence

UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)

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Buyer party is named UK Research & Innovation (UKRI).

Buyer type

99% confidence

Central government public authority

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Buyer details classify it as publicAuthorityCentralGovernment.

Buyer location

99% confidence

Polaris House, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN2 1FL, United Kingdom

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Buyer party address.

SUPPLIER CONTEXT

Supplier context

Verified legal supplier

99% confidence

TECHNOPOLIS LIMITED (company number 02354937)

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Supplier verification identifies verified company name TECHNOPOLIS LIMITED and verified company number 02354937 using a normalised-name match.

Source trading name

99% confidence

Technopolis

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The supplier party and award source name are recorded as Technopolis.

Supplier scale

98% confidence

Large organisation

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Supplier party details mark scale as large.

Supplier location

99% confidence

Brighton, United Kingdom

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Supplier party address gives Brighton, BN1 1EE, United Kingdom.

RENEWAL OUTLOOK

Renewal outlook

Estimated contract end point

99% confidence

10 August 2033

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This estimate is based solely on the explicit contract end date of 2026-08-10/2033-08-10 period record.

Renewal or recompete outlook

99% confidence

Unknown; no extension or renewal provisions published

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The supplied notice data does not state any extension, renewal or replacement procurement arrangement.

DATA QUALITY

Gaps and source limitations

Award and contract linkage

98% confidence

High quality

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Award 1 is explicitly linked to contract 1 through awardID, with matching procurement title and value.

Supplier identity

99% confidence

Verified

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Supplier verification status is verified and provides legal name TECHNOPOLIS LIMITED and company number 02354937.

Lot detail

99% confidence

Lot 1 has no published title, description or separate lot value

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The lot record contains null title, description and value fields.

Competition and evaluation detail

99% confidence

Information not supplied in the published notice

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No tender count, bidder list, scoring, ranking or evaluation narrative is present in supplied data.

Contract-change information

93% confidence

No later modification is identified in the supplied release history

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The supplied releases comprise tender, award/contract and contract-details notices only.

SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS

Information not supplied in the published notice

Information on tender submissions, bidder identities, evaluation scores, award rationale and pricing breakdowns is not supplied in the published notice.
Lot 1 is identified but has no published title, description or individual lot value.
No extension, option, renewal or modification terms are supplied.
The notice does not provide a detailed deliverables schedule or performance-measurement framework.

MARKET THEMES

Relevant award themes

COMMON QUESTIONS

About this award

Who won the UKRI Materials Innovation Programme evaluation contract?

TECHNOPOLIS LIMITED, verified under company number 02354937. The source notice names the supplier as Technopolis.

What is the contract value?

The contract record states a net value of £546,455 and a gross value of £655,848.

When does the contract run?

The record states a start date of 11 August 2026 and an end date of 10 August 2033. It also explicitly records signature on 10 August 2026.

What is being procured?

Evaluation services for the UKRI Materials Innovation Programme, classified as research consultancy services (CPV 73210000).

ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.

UKRI-5671-Evaluation Materials Innovation Programme

Opportunity overview

Awarded to

Technopolis

Classification

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Documents and notices

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Roles

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Notice and amendment history

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Traceable procurement data

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