United Utilities is looking to appoint an innovation partner for the next five years to provide services co-ordinating each innovation corporate acceleration programme under its award winning ‘Innovation Lab’ initiative.

The water company has committed to continuing its award winning ‘Innovation Lab’ programme for the next 5 years, and plans at least 4 programmes until April 2025 using the innovation partnership procedure to find and co-create with innovative suppliers.

United Utilities needs an innovation partner third party to help co-ordinate each innovation acceleration programme. The successful provider will need to have expertise and an excellent proven track record of co-ordinating, managing and delivering innovation programmes of similar scale and complexity. It will also need to have the ability to scout, attract and support innovative companies through their extensive global network.

The water company is inviting interested companies with experience in this area to provide the following information

• company name
• contact details
• short explanation of service offering
• up to 3 case studies

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