Published date: 4 June 2020

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 20 April 2020

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development consultancy services - 73200000

  • Market and economic research; polling and statistics - 79300000

Location of contract

South West

Value of contract

£0 to £150,000

Procurement reference

CR20037

Published date

4 June 2020

Closing date

20 April 2020

Contract start date

11 May 2020

Contract end date

31 July 2020

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The final date and time for the submission of bids is Monday 20th April 2020 at 14:00 DO NOT apply directly to the buyer. All tender information MUST be submitted through the Delta eSourcing Portal.

This study will show the impact that EPSRC investment, as part of the RCUK Energy Programme has made since 2004 across all of EPSRC's research areas in Energy through the development of high quality case studies and a report. The study will be expected to provide a minimum of 15 high quality case studies, both bottom up and also led by specific key impacts. The study should provide a wide variety of case studies, of varying formats, to capture the impact of EPSRC's investment in the RCUK Energy Programme across the breadth of EPSRC Energy's specified research areas. We envisage the use of case studies to demonstrate the wider impacts covering qualitative as well as quantified benefits wherever possible. Case studies should have information that will be useful for different audiences including Treasury/Government, business/investors, and the public.

Please ensure you review all attached information to ensure a full understanding of this requirement. All attachments can be found with the Document Uploads tab within the Delta eSourcing Portal.

This contract will be awarded based on the evaluation criteria set out in the ITQ document.

How to Apply

UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) will be using the Delta eSourcing Portal for this procurement.

To register on the Delta eSourcing portal please use the link https://uksbs.delta-esourcing.com and follow the instructions to register.

If you are already registered on the Delta eSourcing Portal and wish to participate in this procurement, please use the link: https://uksbs.delta-esourcing.com and the follow the instructions to 'Login'

Once you are logged into the system you will be able to link yourself into this procurement using the Access Code: 89X7T4Q23Q

Please disregard any content in this notice that requests your organisation "to apply directly to the buyer" as this unfortunately a system generated error, that is outside of the Contracting Authorities control.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Impact of the Energy Research Programme

  • Opportunity
  • Published 31 March 2020, last edited 31 March 2020

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Links

Additional text

DO NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO BUYER

All submissions will be assessed in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, for procurement values that exceed Regulation 5 (Threshold amounts)

Responses must be received by the date in the tender documentation; responses received outside of the deadline or not sent via the Delta eSourcing portal will not be accepted or considered further for this opportunity.

As a user of the Delta eSourcing Portal you will have access to the Delta messaging service which facilitates all messages sent to you and from you in relation to any specific tender event. Please note it is your responsibility to access these messages on a regular basis to ensure you have sight of all relevant information applicable to this opportunity.

The contracting authority expressly reserves the right:

i. not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice;and

ii. to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the procurement; and in no circumstances will the contracting authority be liable for any costs incurred by any supplier. If the contracting authority decides to enter into a contract with the successful supplier, this does not mean that there is any guarantee of subsequent contracts being awarded. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgement of bidders.


About UK Shared Business Services

UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) brings a commercial attitude to the public sector; helping our contracting authorities to improve efficiency, generate savings and modernise.

Where UK SBS is not named as the Contracting Authority within the documentation, UK SBS will be acting as an agent on behalf of the Contracting Authority.

Our broad range of expert services is shared by our customers. This allows our customers the freedom to focus resources on core activities; innovating and transforming their own organisations.

For full details of our partner base please review the following link: http://www.uksbs.co.uk/services/procure/contracts/Pages/default.aspx

Award information

Awarded date

11 May 2020

Contract start date

26 May 2020

Contract end date

31 July 2020

Total value of contract

£126,200

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

PERSPECTIVE ECONOMICS LIMITED

Address

River House River House,48-60 High Street
BELFAST
BT1 2BE
GB

Reference

Companies House number: NI649980

Value of contract

£126,200

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Karl Oakley

Address

Polaris House
SWINDON
SN21FF
England

Telephone

01793 867005

Email

research@uksbs.co.uk

Website

www.uksbs.co.uk