The Mayor's Innovation Challenge

Description

The West Yorkshire Combined Authority is implementing its regional Innovation Framework which outlines a priority to drive forward a mission-led approach to innovation. As part of this priority, the Mayoral Combined Authority is seeking to appoint an experienced provider or consortia to design, develop and deliver an innovation challenge competition across West Yorkshire. This should provide SMEs, entrepreneurs and/or start-ups with a real-world, West Yorkshire based challenge or problem and the task of developing a new product, service, or technology designed to address that problem through a programme of specifically targeted support, coaching and mentoring. The selected winners of the competition will receive additional funding to develop their solutions and / or business ideas further. This commission is seeking to appoint three experienced suppliers to design and deliver individual Lots within an innovation challenge programme (collectively titled the Mayor's Innovation Challenge) on behalf of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority's Innovation Support team (the client).

Awards

Official publications

• Bus Franchising - Otley Bus Station Detailed Design
  Published: 23 October 2026
• Mass Transit Commercial Support
  Published: 7 January 2026
• Leeds Area-Based Scheme Detailed Design Study
  Published: 30 December 2025
• Electronic Document Management System (EDMS)
  Published: 15 December 2025
• Graduates West Yorkshire
  Published: 12 December 2025
• Evaluation of Net Zero Regional Accelerator
  Published: 10 December 2025
• Step-free Accessibility Improvement for Guiseley Station - ES4 Design
  Published: 2 December 2025
• Rail Reform Long Term Option Assessment
  Published: 1 December 2025
• Active Travel (Three Lane Ends - BJC scoping and BJC development)
  Published: 1 December 2025
• Property and Assets Condition Surveys
  Published: 1 December 2025

Previous and next from West Yorkshire Combined Authority

• Evaluation of the Domestic Net Zero Programme — 23 August 2024
• Mayor of West Yorkshire's Graduate Pilot — 21 August 2024
• Maintenance Contract for CCTV across West Yorkshire Combined Authority Property — 20 August 2024
• Rail Accessibility Package Large Scale Works Strategic Outline Business Case Support — 7 August 2024
• Bradford New Station Connectivity Study — 6 August 2024
• Director Executive Search — 1 August 2024

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The submission deadline is 29 February 2024, 12:00. Check the official source, as dates can be modified.

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The contracting authority is West Yorkshire Combined Authority (United Kingdom).

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