Published date: 22 June 2017

Last edited date: 22 June 2017

This notice was replaced on 22 June 2017

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Awarded contract (published 22 June 2017)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development consultancy services - 73200000

  • Market and economic research; polling and statistics - 79300000

Location of contract

South West

Value of contract

£80,000 to £100,000

Procurement reference

UK SBS BLOJEU-CR17038HEFCE

Published date

22 June 2017

Closing date

10 May 2017

Contract start date

19 May 2017

Contract end date

28 February 2018

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other:

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

HEFCE notified universities on 13 April that £85M for 2018-19 to 2020-21 was available for allocation through the CCF competitive element and issued a call for projects http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/Year/2017/201703/

• In allocating the CCF competitive funding, HEFCE is concerned to allow universities up to three years to deliver complex collaborative projects. We aim to make all competitive CCF awards by early 2018, so that projects start to draw down funds from April 2018 and complete by March 2021. This necessitates a method of allocating funding then within fairly compressed timescales.

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DO NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO BUYER

All submissions will be assessed in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, for procurement values that exceed Regulation 5 (Threshold amounts)

Responses must be received by the date in the bid documents.

Responses received outside or concurrently using the eSourcing process will not be accepted or considered further for this opportunity.

How to Register on the CCS eSourcing Suite

Full details of this opportunity can be found on the e-sourcing portal please follow instructions below. If you have not yet registered on the eSourcing Suite, this can be done online at https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk by following the link 'Register for CCS eSourcing'.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Contracted Research

Address

Polaris House
North Star Avenue
Swindon
SN2 1ET
England

Telephone

01793 867005

Email

research@uksbs.co.uk

Website

www.uksbs.co.uk