# Engineering Biology Infrastructure Programme\.

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED](/buyers/uk-shared-business-services-limited/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: Economic Research Services Ltd
- Award value: £141,293
- Award date: 2 October 2026
- Published: 22 October 2026
- Contract start: 23 October 2026
- Contract end: 19 March 2027
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 64375ef5-ab83-4ec1-a306-1509b1cdfdff-918723
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-4524033b-28a1-44a1-b05b-cdf49f94ee9c

## Description

\*\*\*\*\* THIS IS AN AWARD NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION \*\*\*\*\* This procurement is being concluded following a mini competition under the GCA RM6126 - Research & Insights Framework\. Brief overview of the requirement\. The Engineering Biology Infrastructure Programme \(EBIP\) is a core delivery component of the wider UKRI Engineering Biology Programme \(EBP\) and contributes directly to the Government's Industrial Strategy and DSIT priorities\. The programme addresses a critical systemic failure: the UK's inability to scale engineering biology innovations from laboratory \(TRL 3-4\) to pilot-commercial deployment \(TRL 6-7\)\. Despite strong research capability and SME innovation, the UK ecosystem is constrained by: • limited access to pilot and demonstration-scale infrastructure • high costs and barriers to facility access • fragmented and poorly coordinated infrastructure landscape • underutilisation of existing assets • gaps in scale-up skills and operational capability • insufficient capital for infrastructure-intensive scale-up\. This results in a "scale-up bottleneck", leading to stalled commercialisation, relocation of companies overseas and loss of UK-funded IP and economic value\. The Engineering Biology Infrastructure Programme \(EBIP\) addresses this major UK challenge in scaling engineering biology innovations from research to commercial deployment\. A significant part of the programme is the Scale-up infrastructure fund \(£132m\), which will establish new and enhance existing scale-up facilities to meet the needs of UK innovators\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/64375ef5-ab83-4ec1-a306-1509b1cdfdff-918723)