# Improving innovation procurement for the Innovation & Research (I&R) Designated Fund

This is a call-off from an existing National Highways Framework Agreement.  This work directly impacts our Innovation and Research Designated Fund (I&R DF).  In Year 1 of RIS3, NH used a two-stage innovation competition model.

Source: QUOTA CÔTE — https://quotacote.com/opportunites/improving-innovation-procurement-for-the-innovation-research-i-r-desig--ecdf96ee-e5f6-4be9-840f-33ceed4898c1
Last checked by QUOTA: 2026-08-25
Methodology: https://quotacote.com/a-propos-des-donnees

## Key facts

- Country: Royaume-Uni [FACT]
- Deadline: 2026-08-24 [FACT]
- Last checked by QUOTA: 2026-08-25 [FACT]
- Sector (QUOTA normalisation): Transport & Infrastructure [ANALYSIS]
- Summary: QUOTA editorial summary of the source notice [ANALYSIS]

## Entities

- geography: Royaume-Uni
- funder: National Highways Limited
- buyer: National Highways Limited

## Limitations

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