UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (THE)
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Tenders must be submitted via the University of Nottingham UniCore Supplier Portal. UniCore Link: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/dts/unicore.aspx Guide to Accessing Tenders: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/fabs/procurement/documents/unicore-supplier-respond-to-a-negotiation-user-guide-1.pdf New Supplier Access Guide: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/fabs/procurement/documents/unicore-supplier-portal-prospective-registration-user-guide-2.pdf Negotiation: N0000209 Contact Procurement@Nottingham.ac.uk if assistance is required to access the portal.
The submission route named on the official notice.
This is a large award for Research & Development — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 20,405 valued Research & Development tenders in our corpus.
UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (THE) publishes Research & Development work continuously — 28 notices, roughly one every 1 day. This is a stream to watch, not a cycle to wait for.
26% of UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (THE)’s awards go to a supplier it has used before.
Which is the argument for getting on the list rather than winning this one. The incumbent is rarely the last winner — it is the roster. See the retention odds by category →
The University of Nottingham is seeking a supplier or suppliers to provide direct support to academics in across all faculties in an iterative, draft-comment-redraft-repeat process intended to be engaged from the early stages of research bid development.
What it takes to bid this
Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m band — an estimate, not a quote.
Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%
Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack
- Show at bidComparable references / case studies
- Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
- Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
- Show at bidSocial value commitments
Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.
Make the case to bid
Reveal who to approach at UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (THE), and generate a go-to-market strategy from their news, accounts and people.
Free to start. Named contacts come from published notices; the strategy is generated from the buyer’s news, accounts and people.
The full intelligence dossier
Our agent reads UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (THE)’s accounts, hunts live signals, finds the people who decide — and hands you a bid strategy plus a go-to-market influence plan, including what your team should post this week. You approve every paid step.
Five included while we’re in beta, and the agent asks before it spends on any paid step.
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- ocds-h6vhtk-06f81a
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- tender · Open
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- 086422-2026
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