Published date: 5 March 2020

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


Closing: 23 December 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Administrative services for business operations - 75112000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£7,874,000

Procurement reference

UK SBS CS19312

Published date

5 March 2020

Closing date

23 December 2019

Contract start date

7 February 2020

Contract end date

6 February 2025

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?

Yes

Description

The final date and time for the submission of bids is day 23rd December 2019 at 14:00
DO NOT apply directly to the buyer.
All tender information MUST be submitted through the Delta eSourcing Portal.
UK Research and Innovation through Innovate UK wishes to establish UK Shared Business Services (UK SBS), on behalf of the UKRI through Innovate UK wishes to establish a contract for the provision of the Energy Catalyst Accelerator Programme' for Energy Catalyst Round 7 & 8, of the programme along with bolstering non-grant support through business acceleration support for both the UK companies and international partners.
UK SBS is managing this procurement process in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as may be amended from time to time) (the "Regulations"). The estimated value of this opportunity is £7,874,000.00 Ex VAT and it is divided into three separate lots: Lot 1 £5,714,000 ex Vat, Lot 2 £1,640,000.00 ex Vat and Lot 3 £520,000.00 ex Vat.
Separate contracts will be awarded to each Lot.
Lot 1 - Energy Catalyst Accelerator Programme (ECAP)
Lot 2 - Learning from Overseas
Lot 3 - Programme showcasing & Dissemination
One supplier/consortium will be appointed for each of the 3 Lots details above. Potential suppliers/consortia are invited to tender for one or more Lots. Suppliers/consortia for each Lot will be appointed on their own merit for all lots and responses to all relevant quality questionnaires must be submitted separately.
Please ensure you review all attached information to ensure a full understanding of this requirement. All attachments can be found with the Document Uploads tab within the Delta eSourcing Portal.
This contract will be awarded based on the evaluation criteria set out in the RFP document.
How to Apply
TED Notice number:2019/S 223-547168
UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) will be using the Delta eSourcing Portal for this procurement.
To register on the Delta eSourcing portal please use the link https://uksbs.delta-esourcing.com and follow the instructions to register.
If you are already registered on the Delta eSourcing Portal and wish to participate in this procurement, please use the link: https://uksbs.delta-esourcing.com and the follow the instructions to 'Login'
Once you are logged into the system you will be able to link yourself into this procurement using the Access Code:
To respond to Lot 1 of this opportunity please log in to www.delta-esourcing.com and enter the following access code J72N9Z787P
To respond to Lot 2 of this opportunity please log in to www.delta-esourcing.com and enter the following access code HPD424JYQA
To respond to Lot 3 of this opportunity please log in to www.delta-esourcing.com and enter the following access code 52B32PU5FY
Please disregard any content in this notice that requests your organisation "to apply directly to the buyer" as this unfortunately a system generated error, that is outside of the Contracting Authorities control.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

UK SBS CS19312 The Provision of Energy Catalyst Innovation Accelerator

  • Opportunity
  • Published 19 November 2019, last edited 19 November 2019

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Additional text

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 tender documentation; responses received outside of the deadline or not sent via the Delta eSourcing portal will not be accepted or considered further for this opportunity.

As a user of the Delta eSourcing Portal you will have access to the Delta messaging service which facilitates all messages sent to you and from you in relation to any specific tender event. Please note it is your responsibility to access these messages on a regular basis to ensure you have sight of all relevant information applicable to this opportunity.

The contracting authority expressly reserves the right:

i. not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice;and

ii. to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the procurement; and in no circumstances will the contracting authority be liable for any costs incurred by any supplier. If the contracting authority decides to enter into a contract with the successful supplier, this does not mean that there is any guarantee of subsequent contracts being awarded. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgement of bidders.


About UK Shared Business Services

UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) brings a commercial attitude to the public sector; helping our contracting authorities to improve efficiency, generate savings and modernise.

Where UK SBS is not named as the Contracting Authority within the documentation, UK SBS will be acting as an agent on behalf of the Contracting Authority.

Our broad range of expert services is shared by our customers. This allows our customers the freedom to focus resources on core activities; innovating and transforming their own organisations.

For full details of our partner base please review the following link: http://www.uksbs.co.uk/services/procure/contracts/Pages/default.aspx

Award information

Awarded date

7 February 2020

Contract start date

7 February 2020

Contract end date

22 March 2024

Total value of contract

£6,740,212.50

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

The Carbon Trust Advisory Ltd

Address

4th Floor Dorset House,
27-45 Stamford Street,
South Bank, London
SE1 9NT

Reference

Companies House number: 06274284

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Additional details

Total contract value awarded over the full 5 years potential duration of the contract
Lot 1 £4,881,212.50 Ex VAT
Lot 2 £1,369,500.00 Ex VAT
Lot 3 £489,500.00 Ex VAT
The Contracting Authority are unable to guarantee a definite spend for this contract. Years 1 and 2 budget has been provisionally approved but years 3, 4 and 5 if taken up are subject to change and are dependent on spend in the initial financial years and approval by the programmes government funders to re allocate funding to these additional financial years.

About the buyer

Contact name

Kerry Hammond

Address

North Star House
SWINDON
SN21FF
England

Telephone

01793 867005

Email

professionalservices@uksbs.co.uk

Website

www.uksbs.co.uk