Published date: 8 January 2020

Last edited date: 16 January 2020

Closed early engagement


Closing date: 14 January 2020

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development consultancy services - 73200000

  • Market and economic research; polling and statistics - 79300000

Location of contract

South West

Procurement reference

CR19105

Published date

8 January 2020

Closing date

14 January 2020

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

**Please note this is not a call for competition**

This is a PIN notice for a UK Research and Innovation requirement. The evaluation is to inform ongoing and future improvements to the fund to maximise the value of public funding (in particular, the possibility of future growth of the FIC) and demonstrate what the fund delivered for taxpayers and help UKRI build the evidence base on 'what works' in internationally collaborative Research and Innovation (R&I). The route to market will be via RM6018 Research Marketplace DPS.

Agenda:-
Introductions
Overview of FIC
Evaluation Expectations
Procurement Overview

Please refer to attachment 'UK SBS CR19105 NPIF FIC Evaluation - Pre-market engagement presentation document for more information.

A market engagement event will be held on Monday, 20th January 2020, 12:30 - 15:30 in London. This will provide an opportunity for potential providers to find out more about the aims of the procurement and the process. Providers wishing to attend need to RSVP by 14th January 2020 at 14:00 stating their name, title, email and phone numbers - please note there is a restriction of up to two attendees per organisation. This information should be sent to the following email address: Research@uksbs.co.uk

Please ensure that the subject heading for the email is as follows: CR19105 Market Engagement Event. It is anticipated that the tender documentation will be released in January 2020.

More information

Attachments

About the buyer

Contact name

UK SBS Procurement

Address

Polaris House
SWINDON
SN21FF
England

Email

Research@uksbs.co.uk