How do you procure what you don’t know exists?
Traditional public sector procurement works well when you know exactly what you need to buy. But what happens when you have a problem and there’s no readily available solution? Maybe you’re not even sure what the solution might be?
We help public and third sector organisations work with brilliant people and new technologies to create real solutions through a collaborative, safe and well-proven innovation process — and we can fund up to 75% of the outcome.
Solve problems differently
Some of the best ideas come from places you might never think to look. By opening your Challenge to anyone with a great idea, CivTech gives you access to fresh thinking, new technologies and different approaches to tackling problems.
🎬 Watch Kyle from Scottish Forestry talk about his CivTech experience
How it works
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Bring us a real problem that your organisation is trying to solve, and we’ll help you turn it into a CivTech Challenge.
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We promote your Challenge and encourage anyone with a great idea to submit a proposal.
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Spend three weeks working closely with shortlisted teams to help them explore their ideas and develop their proposal.
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Together, we select the team with the strongest proposal to join our fifteen-week Accelerator and build the solution.
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Join your team at our showcase event, Demo Day, to present the solution and future plans in front of a public audience.
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Continue developing the solution through a Pre-Commercial Agreement, and roll it out to fully solve the Challenge.
Get hands-on support throughout the journey
From shaping your Challenge and assessing applications, through to working with successful teams and exploring further development, we support you every step of the way.
You bring the problem — we help create the conditions to find and test solutions.
🎬 Watch Andrzej and Hannah describe how they worked together to fix nursery and school admissions in West Lothian
Access up to 75% match funding
We don’t just help and support Challenge Sponsors — we typically cover 75% of the cost of building a solution and rolling it out. With contract amounts of up to £1.3m per Challenge, that’s a significant amount of financial support.
