Published date: 10 February 2021
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Contract summary
Industry
Evaluation consultancy services - 79419000
Location of contract
DH1 3LE
Value of contract
£26,667
Procurement reference
RFQ20-017
Published date
10 February 2021
Closing date
21 January 2021
Closing time
12pm
Contract start date
8 February 2021
Contract end date
31 May 2023
Contract type
Service 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?
Yes
Description
The North East and Tees Valley areas have amongst the lowest rates in the UK of expenditure on R&D, of patents granted, trademarks registered and designs registered.
The LEPs and other government funded bodies aim to address this failing by encouraging increased innovation, and increased knowledge exchange between research intensive organisations such as Universities, and local SMEs.
The consortium of universities of Durham, Newcastle, Northumbria and Teesside worked collaboratively to identify demand for a project of this nature.
The Intensive Industrial Innovation Programme (IIIP) projects were developed in order to address the market failures of imperfect information, scale economies and partial public goods. Each partner university will support SMEs by providing highly qualified post graduate individuals to support the company's R&D ambitions.
Funding was awarded in January 2018 to two Intensive Industrial Innovation Programme projects - one in the North East LEP area and one in the Tees Valley LEP area. They are collaborative projects between the 4 Universities and Durham University are the lead partner.
The projects connects SMEs from priority sectors with the region's University research expertise. The research is focused on improvements and developments of new products, processes or services to the business and to the market. A key objective is the retention of skilled researchers in the region, and the creation of new employment opportunities.
A requirement of all ERDF-funded projects under the 2014-2020 Operational Programme in the North East of England is to produce a summative assessment.
This summative assessment will need to test the original assumptions made within the project bid and logic model and provide some final assessment of its services, impact and learning in this market.
To express an interest in this procurement please click the following link: http://events.transaxions.com/service.aspx?event=6817
More information
Previous notice about this procurement
- Opportunity
- Published 7 December 2020
Award information
Awarded date
1 February 2021
Contract start date
8 February 2021
Contract end date
31 May 2023
Total value of contract
£26,666
This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.
ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICES LIMITED
Address
A Floor,Milburn House, Dean Street
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE
Tyne And Wear
NE1 1LE
GBReference
Companies House number: 02937576
Supplier is SME?
Yes
Supplier is VCSE?
No
About the buyer
Contact name
Lyndsay Glasper
Address
South Road
DURHAM
DH13LE
England
Telephone
0191 3344553
Website
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