Published date: 5 March 2018

This notice was replaced on 8 August 2018

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 8 August 2018)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Business analysis consultancy services - 72221000

  • Data services - 72300000

Location of contract

East Midlands

Value of contract

£0 to £55,000

Procurement reference

PAF 2018 - LORIC

Published date

5 March 2018

Closing date

9 April 2018

Contract start date

30 April 2018

Contract end date

28 June 2019

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 University (Bishop Grosseteste University) has secured substantial funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) to create an exciting, new, Lincolnshire Open Research and Innovation Centre (LORIC) based on the principles of Open Research, Innovation and Data.

LORIC intends to connect the University research and innovation teams with private, public and third sector businesses/organisations to work on collaborative innovation projects. The centre will enable businesses to promote and apply the most effective uses of rapidly expanding Open Data Research and Innovation (Open DRI).

The LORIC team are looking for a data specialist, with knowledge in open data sets to work with the LORIC team on a consultancy basis to help support the delivery of agreed outputs associated with the funding bid.

The contract duration is circa 14 months , running from the start of May 2018 through to the end of June 2019. It is anticipated that the successful consultant /consultancy will support the project circa two days per week during this period.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Rob Jones

Address

Longdales Road
Lincoln
LN13DY
England

Email

loric@bishopg.ac.uk

Website

www.bishopg.ac.uk