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NEPRO x Innovation

  • First published: 03 December 2025
  • Last modified: 03 December 2025
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Summary

OCID:
ocds-h6vhtk-04eb42
Published by:
THE ASSOCIATION OF NORTH EAST COUNCILS LIMITED
Authority ID:
AA80995
Publication date:
03 December 2025
Deadline date:
-
Notice type:
UK6
Has documents:
No
Has SPD:
No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
N/A

Abstract

NEPO is establishing a Closed Framework which will operate as a Neutral Vendor Managed Service; NEPRO x Innovation. The objective of this procurement is to provide Contracting Authorities with access to a single Supplier (the Delivery Partner) who will provide a managed service for the delivery of services, goods, works, technology and research and development. NEPRO x Innovation is a new Framework for NEPO. As a strategic procurement solution, the Framework will fall under NEPO's 'NEPRO' brand. NEPRO provides outcomes-based frameworks for the public sector. The Delivery Partner will adopt a Managed Service for the delivery of projects in the following areas: • Goods • Works • Services • Technology • Research and Development A single project may include more than one of the above. The Delivery Partner will be able to flexibly deliver projects incorporating all areas, to suit Contracting Authorities' bespoke requirements. The Delivery Partner shall act as an innovation enabler, meeting the following innovation deliverables: • Reduce barriers to innovation • Create guidance and signpost existing guidance to support Contracting Authorities • Promote and facilitate innovative procurement practices • Encourage challenge-based procurement • Drive increased spend with SMEs and VCSEs • Raise innovation awareness through the Innovation Community NEPO expects the typical value of projects being delivered under the Framework, will be at £25k and above. There will be no maximum project value. For the avoidance of doubt, the Delivery Partner will not provide services, goods, works and technology in its own right, but rather will deliver a Managed Service that allows Contracting Authorities to procure these elements. The Delivery Partner will bring together the bespoke requirements of Contracting Authorities and a perpetual Supply Chain capable of meeting those requirements. Equal importance will be placed on the service provided to Contracting Authorities and the management of the Supply Chain delivering the requirements. Through market-led, Outcome-based pricing, the Delivery Partner will provide a 'one stop shop' for all in-scope goods, services, technology, works and research and development and will have a positive impact at every stage of the delivery. The Delivery Partner will act as a single point interface between the Contracting Authority and the Supply Chain. The Delivery Partner will be required to accommodate the bespoke needs of each Contracting Authority in each project. This will require the ability to flexibly deliver goods, works, services, technology and research and development contracts and offer innovative and/or bespoke procurement processes. The successful bidder has been chosen through a two-stage competitive flexible procedure.

Full notice text

Scope

Procurement reference

NEPO535

Procurement description

NEPO is establishing a Closed Framework which will operate as a Neutral Vendor Managed Service; NEPRO x Innovation. The objective of this procurement is to provide Contracting Authorities with access to a single Supplier (the Delivery Partner) who will provide a managed service for the delivery of services, goods, works, technology and research and development.

NEPRO x Innovation is a new Framework for NEPO. As a strategic procurement solution, the Framework will fall under NEPO's 'NEPRO' brand. NEPRO provides outcomes-based frameworks for the public sector.

The Delivery Partner will adopt a Managed Service for the delivery of projects in the following areas:

• Goods

• Works

• Services

• Technology

• Research and Development

A single project may include more than one of the above. The Delivery Partner will be able to flexibly deliver projects incorporating all areas, to suit Contracting Authorities' bespoke requirements.

The Delivery Partner shall act as an innovation enabler, meeting the following innovation deliverables:

• Reduce barriers to innovation

• Create guidance and signpost existing guidance to support Contracting Authorities

• Promote and facilitate innovative procurement practices

• Encourage challenge-based procurement

• Drive increased spend with SMEs and VCSEs

• Raise innovation awareness through the Innovation Community

NEPO expects the typical value of projects being delivered under the Framework, will be at £25k and above. There will be no maximum project value.

For the avoidance of doubt, the Delivery Partner will not provide services, goods, works and technology in its own right, but rather will deliver a Managed Service that allows Contracting Authorities to procure these elements.

The Delivery Partner will bring together the bespoke requirements of Contracting Authorities and a perpetual Supply Chain capable of meeting those requirements. Equal importance will be placed on the service provided to Contracting Authorities and the management of the Supply Chain delivering the requirements.

Through market-led, Outcome-based pricing, the Delivery Partner will provide a 'one stop shop' for all in-scope goods, services, technology, works and research and development and will have a positive impact at every stage of the delivery. The Delivery Partner will act as a single point interface between the Contracting Authority and the Supply Chain.

The Delivery Partner will be required to accommodate the bespoke needs of each Contracting Authority in each project. This will require the ability to flexibly deliver goods, works, services, technology and research and development contracts and offer innovative and/or bespoke procurement processes.

The successful bidder has been chosen through a two-stage competitive flexible procedure.

Is a framework being established?

Yes

Contracting authority

The Association of North East Councils Limited

Identification register:

  • GB-COH
  • GB-PPON

Address 1: Northern Design Centre, Abbots Hill, Baltic Business Quarter

Town/City: Gateshead

Postcode: NE8 3DF

Country: United Kingdom

Website: http://www.nepo.org

Companies House: 05014821

NUTS code: UKC22

Contact name: Ruth Long

Email: cdpnepoteam@nepo.org

Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government

Supplier

CONSTELLIA PUBLIC LTD

Identification register:

  • GB-COH
  • GB-PPON

Address 1: 2nd Floor 201 Great Portland Street

Town/City: London

Postcode: W1W 5AB

Country: United Kingdom

Website: http://www.constellia.com

Companies House: 08664789

NUTS code: UKI32

Email: terence.milner@constellia.com

Type:

  • Large

Connected people/organisations

Organisation name: Constellia Limited

Companies House number: 06401989

Type: Organisation

Category: Parent or subsidiary company

Registered address: 2nd Floor 201 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 5AB, UK

Postal address: 2nd Floor 201 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 5AB, UK

Procedure

Procedure type

Competitive flexible procedure

Contract

NEPRO x Innovation

ID: 1

Status: Pending

Related lots

1

Date the contract will be signed (estimated)

26 January 2026, 23:59PM

Can this contract be extended?: Yes

Value

20000000000 GBP Excluding VAT

24000000000 GBP Including VAT

Main category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 03000000 - Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products
  • 09000000 - Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy
  • 14000000 - Mining, basic metals and related products
  • 15000000 - Food, beverages, tobacco and related products
  • 16000000 - Agricultural machinery
  • 18000000 - Clothing, footwear, luggage articles and accessories
  • 19000000 - Leather and textile fabrics, plastic and rubber materials
  • 22000000 - Printed matter and related products
  • 24000000 - Chemical products
  • 30000000 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages
  • 31000000 - Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting
  • 32000000 - Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment
  • 33000000 - Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
  • 34000000 - Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation
  • 35000000 - Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment
  • 37000000 - Musical instruments, sport goods, games, toys, handicraft, art materials and accessories
  • 38000000 - Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
  • 39000000 - Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products
  • 41000000 - Collected and purified water
  • 42000000 - Industrial machinery
  • 43000000 - Machinery for mining, quarrying, construction equipment
  • 44000000 - Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)
  • 45000000 - Construction work
  • 48000000 - Software package and information systems
  • 50000000 - Repair and maintenance services
  • 51000000 - Installation services (except software)
  • 55000000 - Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services
  • 60000000 - Transport services (excl. Waste transport)
  • 63000000 - Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services
  • 64000000 - Postal and telecommunications services
  • 65000000 - Public utilities
  • 66000000 - Financial and insurance services
  • 70000000 - Real estate services
  • 71000000 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
  • 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
  • 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
  • 75000000 - Administration, defence and social security services
  • 76000000 - Services related to the oil and gas industry
  • 77000000 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services
  • 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
  • 80000000 - Education and training services
  • 85000000 - Health and social work services
  • 90000000 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services
  • 92000000 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services
  • 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services

Delivery regions

  • UK - United Kingdom
  • GG - Guernsey
  • IM - Isle of Man
  • JE - Jersey

Is the total value above threshold?

Above threshold

Contract dates (estimated)

25 February 2026, 00:00AM to 24 February 2030, 23:59PM

Extension end date (if all the extensions are used): 24 February 2034

Suppliers

  • GB-COH-08664789

Coding

Commodity categories

ID Title Parent category
75000000 Administration, defence and social security services Defence and security
16000000 Agricultural machinery Technology and Equipment
03000000 Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products Agriculture and Food
77000000 Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services Agriculture and Food
71000000 Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services Construction and Real Estate
79000000 Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security Other Services
24000000 Chemical products Materials and Products
18000000 Clothing, footwear, luggage articles and accessories Materials and Products
41000000 Collected and purified water Environment and Sanitation
44000000 Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus Materials and Products
45000000 Construction work Construction and Real Estate
80000000 Education and training services Education
31000000 Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting Technology and Equipment
66000000 Financial and insurance services Finance and Related Services
15000000 Food, beverages, tobacco and related products Agriculture and Food
39000000 Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products Technology and Equipment
85000000 Health and social work services Other Services
55000000 Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services Other Services
42000000 Industrial machinery Technology and Equipment
51000000 Installation services (except software) Other Services
72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support Computer and Related Services
38000000 Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) Technology and Equipment
19000000 Leather and textile fabrics, plastic and rubber materials Materials and Products
43000000 Machinery for mining, quarrying, construction equipment Technology and Equipment
33000000 Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products Materials and Products
14000000 Mining, basic metals and related products Mining and Ores
37000000 Musical instruments, sport goods, games, toys, handicraft, art materials and accessories Materials and Products
30000000 Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages Computer and Related Services
98000000 Other community, social and personal services Other Services
09000000 Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy Energy and Related Services
64000000 Postal and telecommunications services Other Services
22000000 Printed matter and related products Printing and Publishing
65000000 Public utilities Other Services
32000000 Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment Technology and Equipment
70000000 Real estate services Construction and Real Estate
92000000 Recreational, cultural and sporting services Other Services
50000000 Repair and maintenance services Other Services
73000000 Research and development services and related consultancy services Research and Development
35000000 Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment Defence and security
76000000 Services related to the oil and gas industry Energy and Related Services
90000000 Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services Environment and Sanitation
48000000 Software package and information systems Computer and Related Services
63000000 Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services Transport and Related Services
34000000 Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation Transport and Related Services
60000000 Transport services (excl. Waste transport) Transport and Related Services

Delivery locations

ID Description
100 UK - All

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ID Description
There are no alert restrictions for this notice.

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