Published date: 22 January 2021

This notice was replaced on 12 February 2021

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

Awarded contract (published 12 February 2021)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Database services - 72320000

  • Content or data standardization and classification services - 72330000

  • Research consultancy services - 73210000

    • Development consultancy services - 73220000

Location of contract

East Midlands, West Midlands

Value of contract

£30,000 to £60,000

Procurement reference

Midlands Engine databases

Published date

22 January 2021

Closing date

5 February 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

12 February 2021

Contract end date

31 March 2021

Contract type

Supply 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

East Midlands Business Limited (EMB) wishes to commission a single contractor to deliver a sector-focussed database of businesses that turnover in the region of £500k per annum and already export or have the capability or capacity to export in the near future.

EMB is one of two Delivery Partner for the Department for International Trade (DIT), covering the Midlands Engine region. For this procurement, EMB is acting on behalf of DIT and working in partnership with our fellow Delivery Partner, West Midlands International Trade LLP (WMIT).

The strategic objectives of this project are:

• To refresh and augment the data that DIT already holds on its Datahub system in a number of sectors that deliver, or have the potential to deliver, particularly strongly for the Midlands Engine region in export markets.

• To qualify this data identifying those businesses with an appetite for export and connect them with relevant DIT services.

• To equip DIT Overseas Champions with granular information which allows them to effectively pitch Midlands-based businesses as the solutions for opportunities that arise in their particular territories.

The project deliverables are:

• A data file in an agreed format (see example in Annex A) containing a variety of data fields that can be interrogated by non-data analysts to produce results relating to their own search parameters.

• A subset of qualified data where contact has been made and export capability assessed, using a series of questions supplied by DIT. The number of questions will not exceed ten in number and will be straightforward for respondents to answer without reference to detailed business information and can be therefore completed in a single conversation.

• Documented consent for DIT to contact individuals further to discuss programmes and support that may be appropriate to their business needs in the instances where businesses have been contacted as part of the qualification element of this commission.

All work must be completed and the databases supplied by 5pm 31st March 2021.

The maximum available budget for the commission is £60,000, exclusive of VAT.

Further details, including how to apply, are included in the attached Invitation to Quote and Annex A.

More information

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About the buyer

Address

5 MERUS COURT
LEICESTER
LE191RJ
England

Email

tenders@emb-group.co.uk

Website

www.emb-group.co.uk