Innovate UK No Limits

Innovate UK is the government's innovation agency.

Our role is to stimulate, support and enable business-led innovation in the UK, in support of developing the future economy.

Innovate UK is at the heart of the UK innovation system and supports thousands of innovative businesses and innovators every year.

The innovation system is complex and navigating it can be tough, particularly for those with experiences, backgrounds and circumstances not traditionally associated with innovation.

These are recognised and well evidenced challenges.

In addressing them, the UK has a huge opportunity to release that untapped potential into our innovation system.

If the UK economy is to thrive through innovation, there is an urgency to creating, connecting, and empowering innovation skills and talent from across the UK; engaging innovators and businesses who are new to Innovate UK or have not heard of the partners we work with, or may not believe our offers are relevant, applicable or accessible to them.

Innovate UK has a mission - 'No Limits'.

This mission is to empower all innovators; whether they are potential, new or established entrepreneurs, those keen to build the skills they need to pursue their ambitions and get the help they need to succeed, or those that want to work in the cutting-edge businesses of the future or the now.

The purpose of this procurement is to deliver a strategic engagement plan for this mission, to include the design, build and MVP (minimum viable product) of an online site, that can act as a hub for this mission and scale as we grow in partnerships and reach.

Site should be optimised for mobile-first consumption.

Site will be assessed daily via NCSC web check tool and all security issues and recommendations must be resolved as part of the An independent pen test will be required as part of the build.

Build must be integrated with Innovate UK KTN's API Management Tool to exchange data with our CRM and Digital Marketing systems.

In line with gov digital assurance procedure platform owners will be responsible for full maintenance of the site, including but not limited to patching, availability, security, backup and replication.

The site must be compliant with W3C WCAG standards and The Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No.

2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 URL will be - iuk.no-limits.org Innovate UK is open to converting existing online platforms to meet the needs of this specification and mission.

Budget: up to £95,000 + VAT Please note that the budget is not committed to the supplier if the contract is secured.

Please provide the information requested above to emma.cannon@iuk.ktn-uk.org by 09:00 11th September 2023 at the latest.

Submission will be assessed on an ongoing basis until this date.