Published date: 21 June 2024

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


Closing: 25 January 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Consulting services for water-supply and waste consultancy - 71800000

Location of contract

West Midlands

Value of contract

£349,958

Procurement reference

05304-2023

Published date

21 June 2024

Closing date

25 January 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

19 March 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2027

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The WMCA's circular economy area includes the delivery of an industrial symbiosis programme as a priority action. Industrial symbiosis involves the direct re-use of one company's waste streams as another's raw materials, reprocessing of by-products or sharing underutilised power, water and/or steam. In 2022, the WMCA produced a business case for investment which outlined the benefits for the region in the delivery of an industrial symbiosis programme.

This contract requirement represents the next step for the WMCA for the delivery of a "demonstrator project" in the West Midlands. A "demonstrator project" refers to a trial or pilot used to establish the best way to deliver a programme and how the government may fund or expand it in the future. This project will seek to create a cross-sector network of businesses in the region who are engaging in the mutually beneficial exchange of waste products and resources. The successful supplier of this commission is expected to help deliver these aims via the following activities:

 Identifying and approaching businesses that could contribute to, and benefit from, the project.
 Organising, hosting, and facilitation of resource matching workshops between key stakeholders.
 Maintenance of an online tool to track realised synergies, including the types and volume of synergies realised and the businesses involved.
 Creation and maintenance of an innovation project portfolio, working with participating businesses to identify the current and future challenges that could be overcome through increased investment in research and innovation.

Following a competitive tender exercise undertaken using WMCAs Bravo Solutions e-portal and a thorough review of tender submissions, the proposal put forward by International Synergies Ltd (ISL) was the most economically advantageous, and therefore represented the best solution for the WMCA and the fulfilment of our requirement.

Award information

Awarded date

5 March 2024

Contract start date

19 March 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2027

Total value of contract

£349,958

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

INTERNATIONAL SYNERGIES LIMITED

Address

16-17 Newhall Hill
B1 3JH
GB

Reference

Companies House number: 05586343

Value of contract

£349,958

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Additional details

The supplier has been appointed on an initial 12 month contract (March 24 to March 25) for a total value of £150,000. However, two 12 month extension options have been built into the contract subject to further funding being secured and if triggered the contract will run till March 2027 and cost £349,958.

About the buyer

Contact name

Bhupinder Chadha

Address

16 Summer Lane
16 Summer Lane
Birmingham
B19 3TR
United Kingdom

Email

Bhupinder.Chadha@wmca.org.uk

Website

www.wmca.org.uk