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Research and development tenders from UK public buyers
Research and development tenders open now: 0. In the 12 months to 22 October 2026, UK public buyers published 21 matching notices. The newest recorded award went to Actica Consulting.
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Which research and development tenders are open now?
None with a deadline still ahead on 22 October 2026. The twelve-month record below shows how often they appear.
No stated deadline: 1 tender notice from the last 60 days
These are tender-stage notices whose source gives no deadline and no ended status. They are not counted as open above: check the official record before treating one as live.
Open notices in the wider subject: Research services tenders.
Which buyers publish the most research and development notices?
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology, with 4 notices of 21 in the 12 months to 22 October 2026.
Count of notices by the buyer name as published, 21 notices in the window, read 22 October 2026.
How many research and development notices are published each month?
About 2 a month over the last eleven full months; the busiest month was September 2026, with 5.
0 of the 4 research and development notices that stated a GBP value in the last 12 months fell in this band (0%). 0 of the open notices listed above are in it.
Counts come from this page’s data. A stated estimate is not the contract value, and frameworks are excluded.
| Stage | Notices |
|---|---|
| Award | 13 |
| Tender | 4 |
| Planning | 3 |
| Tender cancellation | 1 |
| Stated value | Notices |
|---|---|
| Under £25,000 | 0 |
| £25,000 to £100,000 | 0 |
| £100,000 to £500,000 | 0 |
| £500,000 to £2 million | 2 |
| £2 million or more | 2 |
Who has won research and development contracts recently?
A Throw of Dice Touring Limited won 1 of the award notices read for this hub, the most of any supplier.
UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) recorded an award to Actica Consulting for “UKRI-6150-R&D Map contractor”.
Read the award notice. Legacy award record; supplier allocation and signed-contract status unverified
| Supplier | Award notices won |
|---|---|
| A Throw of Dice Touring Limited | 1 |
| Actica Consulting | 1 |
| Cardiff University | 1 |
| Eedi Ltd | 1 |
| ElevenLabs | 1 |
| Flint | 1 |
| Learn Anything Education Ltd | 1 |
| Lyon Equipment Limited | 1 |
What counts as research and development tenders here?
Research and development commissioned from a supplier to advance a technology or scientific question, including feasibility studies and prototype development. Advice from specialists without an R&D programme is scientific-and-technical-consultancy; social research is policy-research-and-evidence.
Classified
The notice’s recorded classification (proposed by a model, each label checked by Jev) accepted this catalogue subject: contract research and development. Classified notices are not yet published to public pages, so none appear here yet.
Matched by text
The title contains one of: research and development, r\&d. A word match is not a judgment of what is bought, so these are labelled as matches.
Open the official notice
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Note the deadline and any clarification or expression-of-interest date. Forecast and planning notices have no bid deadline yet.Check the route to market
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The winners above show who has delivered this kind of contract recently and for which buyers.
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Nothing open today
The hub refreshes daily; the twelve-month record below shows how often these notices appear.Department for Science, Innovation & Technology published 4 notices
The most of any buyer here, out of 21 in the last 12 months.A Throw of Dice Touring Limited won 1 award
The most of any supplier in the 13 award and contract notices read for this hub.About 2 notices a month
Published on average over the last 11 full months, from 21 in the 12-month window.
Questions about this page
Short answers, with the figures read for this page.
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Where else should you look?
Hubs that share buyers or suppliers with this one, and the full tender index.
Sources and method
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- 22 October 2026, regenerated daily
- Window
- 22 October 2025 to 22 October 2026, by publication date
- Classification
- Not yet published to public pages
- Classified notices are not yet published to public pages, so every notice here is matched by text.
- A text match means the notice's title, buyer or stated region fits this hub's rule. It is not a judgment of what is bought.
- Open means a stated deadline still in the future. Tender notices with no stated deadline are listed separately, and only when published in the last 60 days; planning and forecast notices are not counted as open.
- Award records come from the legacy award table, whose newest record is 23 July 2026.
- UK notices from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder only. EU (TED) notices are not counted.
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