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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Ref: 067395/S 000-2025
Nature of contract: Service contract
Procedure: Not specified
Regulation of procurement: Not applicable
Type of bid required: Not applicable

UKPGA UK4: Tender Notice

I) Contracting Authority/Entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
National registration number: PDDM-1961-MTLN

Postal address: Porton Down
Town: Salisbury
Region: Wiltshire CC
Postal code: SP4 0JQ
Country: United Kingdom

Email: FUURI@dstl.gov.uk

I.3) Communication
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted
Electronically
The ITT will be published on following receipt of EOI forms.

I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Public authority – central government

II) Object
II.1.1) Title
4D Animate Platform/Power Technologies (4DAPT)
Reference number: ocds-h6vhtk-05a0ab

II.1.3) Type of contract
Services

II.1.4) Short description
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) and Agence de l’innovation de défense (AID) are jointly launching a call for expressions of interest (EOI) aimed at identifying French Universities and Public Laboratories and British Universities who can address scientific questions raised in the field of 4D printing. The aim is to accelerate the use of intelligent 3D printed materials through design, manufacturing and modelling to provide intelligent or animated components for self-adaptive platforms. Despite the potential benefits of 4D printing, many challenges remain before it can be widely applied.

II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value (including VAT)
1,560,000
Value (excluding VAT)
1,300,000
Currency
GBP

II.2) Description
II.2.1) Title
Contract/Lot No
1

II.2.2) CPV codes
Main CPV code
73000000

II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code
UK – United Kingdom

II.2.5) Award Criteria
Cost
Name: TBC

II.2.6) Estimated Value
Value (excluding VAT)
1,300,000
Currency
GBP

II.2.7) Contract dates (estimated)
Start
2026-04-01 00:00
End
2029-03-31 23:59
Duration
3 years

IV) Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Competitive flexible procedure

IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement

IV.1.10) Identification of the national rules applicable to the procedure
Information about national procedures is available at
The Authority will use the response to the criteria in the EOI documention to create a shortlist of tenderers who:
(1) are eligible to participate;
(2) best meet the selection criteria set out in this notice and the EOI documentation.
An invitation to tender will then be published through the Defence Sourcing Portal, inviting eligible tenderers to participate that responded to the EOI.
Details of the negotiation and award criteria will be available in the tender documentation.

IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Tender period dates
Estimated award decision date
2026-04-01 23:59

IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English

Deadline for requests to participate
2025-10-24 12:00

VI) Complementary information
Link to source/bidding documents

Conflicts assessment prepared/revised
Yes

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
2025-10-22 11:25

VII) Changes/Modifications

VII.2) Other additional information
Updated version of EOI document uploaded, removing the Author’s details.