Published date: 18 October 2021

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 8 November 2021, 10am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research services - 73110000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£25,000 to £50,000

Procurement reference

BIP634722773

Published date

18 October 2021

Closing date

8 November 2021

Closing time

10am

Contract start date

22 November 2021

Contract end date

4 February 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

To strengthen UK resilience to disruptions, HMG requires analysis to understand current capacity across different semiconductor chips, how critical different sized semiconductors are to different industries, the barriers to creating additional capacity and a projection of capacity out to 2031.
The work should provide the following four key outputs:

Analysis of current capacity in current node sizes, with details on which manufacturers are producing what and where
Analysis of the barriers or incentives which are preventing additional capacity
Analysis on which chips or industries are likely to experience significant disruption
A projection of capacity out to 2031, which takes into account state-driven funding and policies in the sector.

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Additional text

The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.

The deadline for response is no later than 10:00hrs (GMT) on 8 Nov 2021. The budget for this project is in the range of £20,000 - £50,000. This is exclusive of VAT but inclusive of all fees and expenses.

About the buyer

Contact name

DCMS Commercial

Address

100 Parliament St
London
SW1A 2DH
UK

Telephone

02072116000

Email

commercial@dcms.gov.uk