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Strategic nature-based water quality improvement assessment - Lower Western Cleddau / Asesiad strategol gwella ansawdd dŵr yn seiliedig ar natur - Rhan Ifaf Cleddau Wen
Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority needs a consultant to identify and prioritise nature-based solutions for improving water quality in the lower Western Cleddau catchment. The work involves GIS analysis, stakeholder engagement, fieldwork, and delivery of a prioritised opportunities database with maps and narrative report.
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Child Poverty Action Plan - Programme Evaluation
The North East Combined Authority wants an independent evaluator to assess the design, implementation and impact of its Child Poverty Action Plan from August 2025 to March 2030. The work involves synthesising evidence from project-level evaluations and monitoring to provide a cross-cutting programme-wide assessment.
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Biomass Research Programme
DESNZ is commissioning four years of research on biomass and bioenergy-lifecycle emissions, feedstock availability, sustainability criteria, economic modelling, and bioeconomy potential-to support net zero policy. Output will be reports, models, datasets, and policy briefings.
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CSP26751 - Delegates for International Energy Agency Technology Collaboration Programme
DESNZ needs experts to act as Alternate Delegates for four International Energy Agency Technology Collaboration Programmes: energy storage, heat pumping, photovoltaic systems, and industrial energy technologies. This is a role supporting UK participation in international energy research and collaboration.
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From Local Shocks to Systemic Impacts: A Multi-hazard, Systems-based View of Physical Climate Risk
The Department for Energy Security & Net Zero wants research on how physical climate hazards create systemic economic and financial risks. The work will examine limitations in current climate scenario modelling and explore a multi-hazard systems-based approach to understanding these impacts.
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Research project: What more could pre-registration education and training of health and care professionals do to uphold professionalism, encourage positive working cultures and prevent future misconduct?
The Professional Standards Authority is seeking research proposals on how pre-registration education and training for health and care professionals can better promote professionalism, positive workplace cultures and prevent misconduct. This is a discrete research project with a deadline in October 2026.
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ITT - Taxation and reuse - UID 350
Historic England wants research into how tax structures affect the economics of reusing historic buildings. The study will model project finances across different developer types and assess how tax and subsidy changes impact different projects.
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ITT - Delivery of a Heritage Schools Programme in the South West of England - UID 354
Historic England wants an organisation to design and deliver a professional development programme for teachers in the South West, focused on embedding local heritage and the historic environment into curriculum teaching. The programme should build teachers' capacity to use heritage learning sustainably, working with local heritage partnerships.
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ITT - Delivery of a Heritage Schools Programme in the South East of England - UID 359
Historic England wants an organisation to design and deliver a programme that helps teachers confidently use local heritage and the historic environment in their teaching. The programme should support schools to embed heritage learning sustainably, working with local heritage partnerships.
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Next Generation on Train Wifi (Members of RM6370)
LNER is procuring on-train Wi-Fi hardware, installation, end-user service, data backhaul, authentication and data capture for 65 trains (with 10 more planned). The solution must use satellite communication technology via the GCA Dynamic Market RM6370.
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High-Throughput Experimentation (HTE) Software for Drug Discovery
University of Dundee seeks software for high-throughput experimentation in chemistry and drug discovery. The software should support multi-parameter optimisation, plate-based synthesis (96-384 compounds), and integration with direct-to-biology testing approaches to accelerate the design-make-test-analyse cycle.
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Viability Assessment
Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Council needs a whole plan Viability Assessment to support preparation of their Local Plan 2026-2044. The assessment will evaluate policy obligations and site-specific proposals across the plan.
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Procurement of development viability training and bespoke support for Local Planning Authorities
The Planning Advisory Service needs a development viability expert to design and deliver an online training programme for planning authority officers across England. The work includes creating reusable learning resources, train-the-trainer delivery, evaluation, and optional one-to-one support for councils.
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Understanding the V&A's Impact on the Creative Industries
The V&A wants a study on how the museum supports the UK creative industries and where its impact is strongest. The research will inform the museum's strategy and external communications.
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Determination of levels of PFAS in (+ migrating from) Food Contact Materials FCM
The FSA wants analytical work to measure PFAS in food contact materials and packaging, and how much migrates into food. The results will feed into their risk assessment and policy decisions on PFAS contamination.
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East Midlands Children’s Improvement Adviser (CIA) with notice
The LGA is recruiting an East Midlands Children's Improvement Adviser to support councils and their leaders with children's social care and SEND improvement. The role involves relationship-building with councils, commissioning support, identifying struggling services, and working with regional improvement alliances.
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CivTech 12.1 - How can digital technologies assist people living with substance use issues (and their families/friends) to easily connect with trusted help and substance use support when services are unavailable?
University of Strathclyde is seeking a digital solution to help people with substance use issues and their support networks access trusted help and services outside normal hours and across fragmented Scottish services. The solution should connect users with existing support, reduce emergency service demand, and create feedback loops for continuous improvement.
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How can technology enable fast-growing digital public service providers to dynamically scale their service management capabilities as demand, complexity and customer expectations increase?
The Scottish Government's Directorate for Digital wants to design a scalable, technology-enabled service management solution to handle growth across its digital services (ScotAccount, ScotPayments, mygov.scot, Cloud Platform). The work involves consultancy and research into approaches that improve resilience, efficiency and security as demand and complexity increase.
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CivTech 12.5 - How can technology support multi agency processes for the protection of children in Scotland?
Scottish Government is seeking technology solutions to streamline Inter-Agency Referral Discussions (IRDs) for child protection. The work involves building secure multi-agency information sharing systems and real-time data analytics to replace fragmented manual processes currently used across Scotland's child protection system.
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CivTech 12 - Challenge 12.3 - How can we use technology to demonstrate the commercial value of circular economy business practices?
Zero Waste Scotland wants an interactive software tool that helps businesses measure and demonstrate the financial benefits of circular economy practices to investors and stakeholders. The tool should incorporate wider benefits like supply chain resilience and resource security alongside traditional metrics.
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CivTech 12.6 - How can technology improve living conditions and quality of life for social housing residents in Scotland?
Cloch Housing Association is seeking innovative technology solutions to help identify and support vulnerable social housing residents facing cold homes, damp, mould and fuel poverty. Solutions must predict risk, enable targeted intervention, protect privacy, and work within the constraints and timescales of registered social landlords.
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Civtech 12 - Challenge 12.2 - How can technology enable fast-growing digital public service providers to dynamically scale their service management capabilities as demand, complexity and customer expectations increase?
The Scottish Government's Directorate for Digital is seeking a scalable, technology-enabled service management solution to support their growing portfolio of digital services including ScotAccount, ScotPayments, and mygov.scot. The solution must handle increasing demand, complexity and user expectations while maintaining resilient, secure and efficient operations.
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CivTech 12 - Challenge 12.4 - How can technology improve both the efficiency and the patient experience in NHS transport, starting with renal services?
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde wants technology solutions to improve dialysis patient transport efficiency and patient experience across NHS Scotland. The challenge focuses on reducing costs, improving reliability, and cutting administrative burden for a service that currently costs £9.1m annually.
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Contracts for Innovation Cymru - Ending Abandonment After Stroke
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board is seeking innovative solutions to improve support for stroke survivors after hospital discharge, addressing the 45% who feel abandoned post-discharge. The contract funds research and development of scalable approaches to strengthen recovery and reduce service variation across Wales.
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Contracts for Innovation Cymru - Modernising the Bowel Screening Pathway in Wales
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board wants innovative solutions to improve the bowel screening pathway in Wales, specifically around assessment and triage of patients with positive FIT results and their progression to colonoscopy. The scope includes participant assessment, triage support and follow-up.