Published date: 26 October 2015

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


Closing: 30 November 2015

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

  • Marketing services - 79342000

  • Miscellaneous business and business-related services - 79900000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£650,000

Procurement reference

UK SBS PS150142

Published date

26 October 2015

Closing date

30 November 2015

Contract start date

27 January 2016

Contract end date

26 January 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Not applicable

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Executive Summary
This contract will be for a five year programme to act the Delivery Partner for Innovate UK activities helping young businesses in the cleantech sector access overseas markets and investment. The activities will be known as the Clean and Cool Programme and comprise of running Clean and Cool Missions (two during the five year period of this contract), managing the network of Mission alumni companies including work to track their performance, and growth of the Clean and Cool Network, particularly from Innovate UK's own funding alumni.
Clean and Cool Missions are entrepreneur missions taking 15-20 young, innovative UK cleantech companies to overseas markets to rapidly build their networks, know-how and ambition as they forge new business. Places on the Missions are competitive and applicants must demonstrate a scalable cleantech solution, a strong team and a fit with the market in the Mission location.
The Clean and Cool Network comprises Mission alumni companies, promising UK cleantech SMEs with the potential to be future Mission companies and Mission stakeholders such as sponsors, advisors, investors and journalists.
Clean and Cool Missions take 15-20 of the UK's best young, innovative, high-growth potential companies to overseas markets to help them grow faster. Missions achieve this by supporting the SMEs to:
• Network with potential customer, partners and investors
• Improve their Profile through PR coverage
• Refine their Pitch to potential investors and to suit the target market
• Gain Insight into what it takes to do business in the target market
• Raise their Ambition and accelerate their plans

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Award information

Awarded date

23 December 2015

Contract start date

27 January 2016

Contract end date

26 January 2021

Total value of contract

£650,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Long Run Works Limited

Address

Yew Trew House
Lewes Road
Forest Row
RH18 5AA

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Sarah Palmer

Address

North Star House, North Star Avenue
Swindon
SN2 1FF
England

Telephone

01793867000

Email

professionalservices@uksbs.co.uk

Website

www.uksbs.co.uk