PS22387 - Cluster Mapping Tool RAF060/2223

Contract summary

Industry

• Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£0 to £200,000

Procurement reference

tender_336333/1206911

Published date

26 April 2023

Closing date

16 January 2023

Closing time

11am

Contract start date

22 February 2023

Contract end date

27 October 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

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Description

***** THIS IS AN AWARD NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION *****

This procurement is being concluded following a mini competition under the Research & Insights DPS RM6126.

Brief Description of Requirement

Strategic Fit

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) leads economy-wide
transformation by backing enterprise and long-term growth, generating cheaper, cleaner,
homegrown energy and unleashing the UK as a science superpower through innovation.

More about BEIS's policy objectives and
remit
is available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-business-energy-andindustrial-strategy




UK

Research and Innovation (UKRI) is a public body funded by BEIS. UKRI works in
partnership with universities, research organisations, businesses, charities and government
to create the best possible environment for research and innovation to flourish. Operating
across the whole of the UK with a combined budget of more than £8 billion, UKRI brings
together the seven Research Councils, Innovate UK and Research England. More about
UKRI is available at: https://www.ukri.org/.

BEIS intends to improve the availability and quality of evidence on RD&I ecosystems to
inform decision-makers at all levels - from government Ministers to local councillors. This
will include making high quality data accessible and strengthening our understanding of
what works in place-based RD&I interventions.

A first step towards this has been the publishing of a new spatial R&D data tool
1
. Co-
developed by NESTA with BEIS, which is an interactive tool and data repository, hosting
70+ wide-ranging indicators that capture various dimensions of R&D ecosystems including
public R&D, knowledge exchange and university commercialisation, private R&D and place
characteristics.

Both BEIS and UKRI are playing a critical role in three innovation-themed missions which
the UK government has set:

1) Achieving the target for the UK to invest a greater % of GDP in R&D,
2) Making the UK a global science superpower, and
3) The Levelling UP R&D mission.

Common across these missions is the need to identify and support emerging
technologies, industries, clusters and regions across the UK, especially to
encourage private investment and international investment in UK RD&I.

Incentivising private RD&I requires an in-depth understanding of the strengths of places so
that public support can be targeted accordingly. Therefore, it is vital that we get better data
to understand where (and what type of) RD&I is happening in the UK. This will help to
embed innovation across the country, and support BEIS' policies' aims for more places in
the UK to host world-leading and globally connected innovation clusters. By drawing on geographical and sectoral strengths in places and creating markets on a scale large enough
to have a global impact, more jobs will be created, with higher economic and productivity
growth in those areas.

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Award information

Awarded date

3 April 2023

Contract start date

22 February 2023

Contract end date

27 October 2023

Total value of contract

£198,550

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Cambridge Econometrics

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About the buyer

Address

Polaris House, North Star Avenue
Swindon
SN2 1UH
England

Email

professionalservices@uksbs.co.uk