✓Tender information last checkedLast checked 8 Oct 2026, 11:41.
Opportunity overview
The Government’s 2025 Financial Inclusion Strategy explicitly commits Fair4All Finance to testing innovative approaches to support financial inclusion in the UK. Aligned to these commitments, Fair4All Finance is developing a new, multi-year c£5 million Technology Fund (“the Fund”), expected to launch in early 2027.
The Fund is designed to accelerate the development and adoption of innovative technology enabled solutions that have the potential to transform outcomes for financially underserved and excluded consumers.
Fair4All Finance is seeking external support to help inform the design and prioritisation of the Technology Fund launching in 2027.
We are looking for evidence-based analysis of relevant technology trends, market gaps, and priority themes.
Classification
CPV73000000 — Research and development services and related consultancy services
CPV73110000 — Research services
CPV73200000 — Research and development consultancy services
CPV73210000 — Research consultancy services
Lots
Lot 1AED 50k · Including VAT · Source currency differs from tender
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Scope, procedure and submissions
Id
ocds-h6vhtk-07836e
Status
active
Procurement Method
open
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - open competition
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
No
How to submit
All communications, including responses, must be via our In-tend Portal: https://supplier.in-tend.co.uk/fair4allfinance/home
Buyer location · London · UKI42 · E1 7EX · United Kingdom
Notice and amendment history
1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.
1 VERSION
1
095059-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·
PROCURAAXIS ANALYSIS
ProcuraAxis Analysis
Our approved analysis of the opportunity appears below the official tender information.
ANALYSIS PREVIEW
Opportunity intelligence at a glance
Fair4All Finance is seeking evidence-based research and consultancy to inform the design and prioritisation of a planned multi-year Technology Fund expected to launch in early 2027. The work covers technology trends, market gaps and priority themes affecting financially underserved and excluded consumers in the UK.
Who this may suit
Suitable for research, innovation, technology strategy and financial-inclusion consultancies with capability in evidence-based market analysis and horizon scanning.
Key points identified
Core service requirementProvide external support to inform the design and prioritisation of the Technology Fund.Evidence: “Fair4All Finance is seeking external support to help inform the design and prioritisation of the Technology Fund launching in 2027.”
Research scopeEvidence-based analysis of relevant technology trends, market gaps and priority themes.Evidence: “We are looking for evidence-based analysis of relevant technology trends, market gaps, and priority themes.”
Subject focusTechnology-enabled solutions that can improve outcomes for financially underserved and excluded consumers in the UK.Evidence: “The Fund is designed to accelerate the development and adoption of innovative technology enabled solutions that have the potential to transform outcomes for financially underserved and excluded consumers.”
91% approved-analysis confidence5 supplier criteria identified2 risks or unknowns
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Fair4All Finance is seeking evidence-based research and consultancy to inform the design and prioritisation of a planned multi-year Technology Fund expected to launch in early 2027. The work covers technology trends, market gaps and priority themes affecting financially underserved and excluded consumers in the UK.
Who this may suit
Suitable for research, innovation, technology strategy and financial-inclusion consultancies with capability in evidence-based market analysis and horizon scanning.
Key deliverables
Evidence-based analysis of relevant technology trends
Analysis of market gaps
Recommendations on priority themes to inform Technology Fund design and prioritisation
SUPPLIER REQUIREMENTS
5 criteria identified
Core service requirement
98% confidence
Provide external support to inform the design and prioritisation of the Technology Fund.
View supporting evidence
“Fair4All Finance is seeking external support to help inform the design and prioritisation of the Technology Fund launching in 2027.”
Research scope
99% confidence
Evidence-based analysis of relevant technology trends, market gaps and priority themes.
View supporting evidence
“We are looking for evidence-based analysis of relevant technology trends, market gaps, and priority themes.”
Subject focus
93% confidence
Technology-enabled solutions that can improve outcomes for financially underserved and excluded consumers in the UK.
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“The Fund is designed to accelerate the development and adoption of innovative technology enabled solutions that have the potential to transform outcomes for financially underserved and excluded consumers.”
Supplier eligibility requirements
98% confidence
Unknown
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No explicit supplier eligibility, organisation-size, location, financial-standing or insurance requirements are supplied.
SME/VCSE suitability
99% confidence
Unknown
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The SME and VCSE suitability fields are not stated.
COMMERCIAL AND DELIVERY
Contract intelligence
Commercial
Estimated opportunity value
80% confidence
Up to 50,000 GBP
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The process value_max is 50000 and currency is GBP.
Lot value currency
99% confidence
50,000 AED stated for Lot 1; conflicts with process-level GBP currency.
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Lot 1 records value_amount 50000 and currency AED, while the process records value_max 50000 and currency GBP.
Contract term
99% confidence
Unknown
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No contract start or end date is supplied.
Delivery
Delivery location
98% confidence
Unknown
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London, UK is identified only as the buyer location; no service delivery location is stated.
Delivery timetable
99% confidence
Unknown
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No contract start date, end date or delivery milestones are supplied.
PROCEDURE
How to respond
Opportunity status
99% confidence
Open
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The opportunity display status is “open” and source status is “active”.
Procurement method
99% confidence
Below-threshold open competition
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Procurement method details: “Below threshold - open competition”.
Submission deadline
99% confidence
4 November 2026, 14:00 UTC
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submission_deadline: 2026-11-04T14:00:00+00:00.
Notice publication date
99% confidence
8 October 2026
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published_at: 2026-10-08T10:33:19+01:00.
RISKS AND UNKNOWNS
Points requiring attention
Value currency inconsistency
99% confidence
Process-level value is recorded in GBP, but Lot 1 value is recorded in AED.
The supplied notice does not state evaluation criteria, response format, contract duration, delivery arrangements or explicit supplier eligibility requirements.
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These fields are absent from the supplied opportunity data.
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