High Growth Services Specialist Business Support Framework

Overview

Lots (4)

• Lot 1: Life Science and Health Technologies

  Suppliers appointed to the Specialist Business Support part of the framework (Lots 1 – 3) must have lived entrepreneurial experience, role model credibility and a range of commercial and sectoral expertise that can deliver transformational value at critical points in an academic project’s progress to company creation or an early-stage start-up’s evolution towards scalable growth. The Lot 1 supplier will have specific experience of working in the life sciences and health industry, including areas such as medical devices & technology, drug discovery and testing, industrial biotech, stem cells, therapeutics, translational & personalised medicine, and agri-tech. One Supplier will be appointed to this lot Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

  Won by High Growth Start-Up Specialists Ltd

• Lot 2: Deeptech, Critical, and Enabling Technologies

  Suppliers appointed to the Specialist Business Support part of the framework (Lots 1 – 3) must have lived entrepreneurial experience, role model credibility and a range of commercial and sectoral expertise that can deliver transformational value at critical points in an academic project’s progress to company creation or an early-stage start-up’s evolution towards scalable growth. The Lot 2 supplier will have specific experience of working in several critical technologies areas (a term used by the UK Government), including: photonics, quantum, sensing, connectivity, and semiconductors. Related to these areas are several overlapping enabling technologies, including health diagnostics, space, climate tech, cyber-security and defence, and fintech. One supplier will be appointed to this lot Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

  Won by High Growth Start-Up Specialists Ltd

• Lot 3: Energy Transition Technologies

  Suppliers appointed to the Specialist Business Support part of the framework (Lots 1 – 3) must have lived entrepreneurial experience, role model credibility and a range of commercial and sectoral expertise that can deliver transformational value at critical points in an academic project’s progress to company creation or an early-stage start-up’s evolution towards scalable growth. Lot 3: Energy Transition Technologies The Lot 3 supplier will have specific experience of working in the energy transition industry including areas such as offshore wind, hydrogen, carbon capture utilisation and storage , clean heat, and marine energy. One supplier will be appointed to this lot Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

  Won by Carbon Limiting Technologies

• Lot 4 - Executive Education Programme

  The Executive Education Programme provides tailored training for small cohorts (typically up to 10 participants) of spin-out projects, and early-stage start-up and scale-up portfolio companies. The programme covers several key business and commercial themes (outlined below) which we know are critical to developing knowledge, skills and capabilities among academic project teams and early-stage Founder/CEOs/executive teams. It also offers valuable peer-to-peer networking and knowledge sharing opportunities among the cohorts. This lot will be awarded to up to 2 providers. Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

  Won by Entrepreneur Business School LtdWon by Oxentia Ltd

Award outcome

Awarded value

£1,200,000

Award date

16 July 2025

Contract period

— → 28 June 2028

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