Published date: 18 September 2020

This notice was replaced on 4 March 2021

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Awarded contract (published 4 March 2021, last edited 25 March 2022)

Closed early engagement


Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development consultancy services - 73200000

  • Market and economic research; polling and statistics - 79300000

Location of contract

SN2 1FL

Procurement reference

CR20093

Published date

18 September 2020

Closing date

25 September 2020

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

This is a Prior Information Notice for a UK Research and Innovation requirement. UKRI is seeking to commission an independent process to evaluate the impact of Driving the Electric Revolution, an Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund Wave 3 Challenge (hereafter referred to as "the Challenge"). The Challenge will be running a range of benefits management activities targeting beneficiaries of the Challenge's funding, which can be used to support the wider reach expected from this evaluation activity. This will include direct beneficiaries as well as those not directly involved in the Challenge's activities.

The role of the successful evaluation partner will be to undertake an independent benefits evaluation. We therefore invite prospective evaluation partners to join a pre-procurement market engagement event to gain insight into the evaluation requirements before the tender goes live.

The route to market will be CCS Research Marketplace DPS. Please refer to attachment 'CR20093 - Pre-Market Engagement Presentation' for more information. A market engagement event will be held on Monday, 28th September 2020 starting at 09:30, via Zoom. This will provide an opportunity for potential providers to find out more about the aims of the project and the procurement process. Providers wishing to attend need to RSVP by 15:00, Friday, 25th September 2020 - stating their name, title, email. This information should be sent to the following email address: Research@uksbs.co.uk

Please ensure that the subject heading for the email is as follows: 'CR20093 - Driving the Electric Revolution. It is anticipated that the tender documentation will be released in mid October 2020.

More information

Attachments

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About the buyer

Contact name

Contracted Research

Address

Polaris House
SWINDON
SN21FF
England

Email

Research@uksbs.co.uk

Website

www.uksbs.co.uk