Public procurement · United Kingdom
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Live research & development notices from United Kingdom, with deadlines and WTO-GPA bidding context. Train the matcher on real tenders, then let qlows track them for you.
Live R&D tenders in United Kingdom
The latest open notices matched to Research & Development, enriched with deadlines, buyers, and contract value.
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PAN2791 - RIBA Stages 3 - 4a (4b-7) Leicester Train Station
Architectural services for Leicester Train Station redevelopment, RIBA stages 3-7.
Leicester City Council
Open in qlows - Closes Aug 25, 2026£80,000
Regional Clean Energy Skills Coordination and Action Planning
Consultant needed to implement clean energy skills action plan in North West England.
- Closes Sep 09, 2026£500,000
Research and Development Framework Agreement
Framework for tree health research and analysis in Scotland.
- No deadline listed
Provision of Research Brief Careers 2024-26 Via CCS RM6126
CITB awards contract for UK construction skills survey 2024-26.
Construction Industry Training Board
Open in qlows - No deadline listed$100k – $1M
Audit of the display of food hygiene ratings and associated business attitudes
Audit of food hygiene rating display and business attitudes.
Food Standards Agency
Open in qlows - Closes Aug 31, 2026£5M
Marine Services Framework
Crown Estate Scotland seeks up to 2 suppliers per lot for marine services framework.
- Closes Aug 28, 2026£50,000
Independent Quality Assurance Process for Lough Neagh Roadmap to Recovery
Independent QA process for Lough Neagh recovery roadmap.
- No deadline listed
TCAT - Liver Ductal Project
Development of liver ductal ATMP product by PSD Scotland.
- Closes Aug 17, 2026$1M – $10M
Building Standards Research and Technical Services Framework
Multi-supplier framework for building standards research and technical services.
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Regional Clean Energy Skills Coordination and Action Planning
Consultant needed to implement clean energy skills action plan in North West England.
- Enterprise Cheshire and Warrington
- Closes Aug 25, 2026
United Kingdom
PAN2791 - RIBA Stages 3 - 4a (4b-7) Leicester Train Station
Architectural services for Leicester Train Station redevelopment, RIBA stages 3-7.
- Leicester City Council
- No deadline listed
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United Kingdom & the WTO Government Procurement Agreement
United Kingdom is a party to the WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA). Above a published value threshold, public buyers must open their tenders to suppliers from every other GPA party on equal terms — a foreign research & development supplier competes on the same footing as a domestic one, with no discrimination on origin.
It cuts both ways: a research & development supplier based in United Kingdom can bid in the 47 other GPA markets on the same equal terms once a tender crosses the threshold. The hard part isn’t eligibility — it’s finding the notices worth your time among thousands published across portals, in multiple languages, every week. That’s what qlows is built to solve: it reads the full corpus, classifies it by CPV/NAICS, and surfaces the handful that fit your catalog. How the WTO-GPA works
Bidding on r&d tenders in United Kingdom
- Can foreign suppliers bid on research & development tenders in United Kingdom?
- Yes — foreign suppliers can bid on research & development tenders in United Kingdom. As a WTO Government Procurement Agreement party, United Kingdom lets a research & development supplier from any other GPA member compete on covered public tenders on equal terms with domestic firms, above the applicable value threshold.
- How many R&D tenders are open in United Kingdom right now?
- The number of open research & development tenders in United Kingdom changes daily as new notices are published and deadlines pass. qlows re-checks the official portals continuously and shows the current live notices on this page, with deadlines and buyers — not a stale list.
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