Eligibility Criteria
Project must
- Start on 1st April 2025
- End by 31st March 2026
- Last between 6-12 months
- Have costs between £200,000 and £800,000, inclusive of VAT
- Involve demonstrating or field testing of the innovation in Tanzania for a minimum of 3 months duration, with in country users in real life operating conditions
- Demonstrate local partnerships, for example, with subcontractors who are based in Tanzania
- Ensure Tanzania is the primary beneficiary of the innovation
- Be compliant with ODA funding
- Projects must always start on the first of the month, in this case 1 April 2025. The project must not start until the contract has been approved by Innovate UK
Eligibility Criteria – Lead Organisation
To lead the project
- Be an organisation of any size
- Work alone or with the subcontracted skills and expertise of others from business, research organisations, research and technology organisations, or third sector (charities, social enterprises and voluntary groups)
- Carry out the demonstration or field testing in Tanzania for a minimum of 3 months duration
- Contracts will be awarded to a single entity only. The majority of the project work and key deliverables must be completed by the applicant. Subcontractors can be used
- Organisations do not have to be registered in the UK to lead a project but must be a registered organisation
Eligibility Criteria – Subcontractors
- Subcontractors are allowed in this competition
- Subcontractors can be from anywhere in the world and they must be selected through the usual procurement process
- Subcontractors costs must be justified and appropriate to the total project costs
