Published date: 18 July 2023

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


Closing: 14 June 2023, 2pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

  • Event services - 79952000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£108,000

Procurement reference

GSS23363 Sector workshops

Published date

18 July 2023

Closing date

14 June 2023

Closing time

2pm

Contract start date

7 July 2023

Contract end date

6 November 2023

Contract type

Service 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

The final date and time for the submission of bids is Wednesday 14th June 2023 at 14:00
DO NOT apply directly to the buyer.
All tender information MUST be submitted through the Jaggaer eSourcing Portal.
Brief Description of Requirement
The overall aim of the tender is to support development of use cases to drive new AI & ML
solutions to support the transition to an AI-enabled economy, capturing the benefits of AI
innovation in the UK, and ensuring AI technologies benefits all sectors with growth and
productivity gains.
Innovate UK is seeking tenders from suppliers to deliver 4 workshops, one for each target sector
(construction, agri-food, creative industries, transport) that will support industry representatives
from senior management, identify areas within business operations that can benefit from AI & ML
solutions.
The aim of this tender exercise is to identify and appoint a supplier to provide on-site facilitation
for 4 industry sector focused workshops to identify a long list of opportunities where novel
applications AI & ML can drive improvements in business productivity and further validate this
evidence with follow on research.
Please ensure you review all attached information to ensure a full understanding of this
requirement. All attachments can be found with the Supplier Attachments tab within the Jaggaer
eSourcing Portal.
This contract will be awarded based on the evaluation criteria as set out in the ITQ document.
How to Apply
UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) will be using the Jaggaer eSourcing Portal for this
procurement.
To register on the Jaggaer eSourcing portal please use the link
https://beisgroup.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/ and follow the instructions to register as a supplier.
If you are already registered on the Jaggaer eSourcing Portal and wish to participate in this
procurement, please use the link: https://beisgroup.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/.
Once you are logged into the system you will be able to locate the Procurement you wish to leave
a bid on by clicking the ITTs Open to All Suppliers and searching for the reference number
GSS23363.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Sector workshops

  • Opportunity
  • Published 24 May 2023

Attachments

Links

Additional text

DO NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO BUYER

All submissions will be assessed in accordance with the Public Procurement Regulations that apply to this opportunity.

Responses must be received by the date and time in the tender documentation; responses received outside of the deadline or not sent via the Jaggaer eSourcing portal will not be accepted or considered by the Contracting Authority further for this opportunity, unless a system outage is experienced, to which the Contracting Authority will advise upon accordingly. Interested organisations should ensure that they allow a sufficiency of time, prior to the deadline to allow all sections to be completed in full and any attachments to be uploaded.

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Please note it is your organisations 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 under no circumstances as part of your organisations participation in this opportunity, will the Contracting Authority be liable for any costs incurred by any organisation as a result. If the Contracting Authority decides to enter into a contract with any successful organisation(s), 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 your organisation in doing so.

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

6 July 2023

Contract start date

10 July 2023

Contract end date

9 November 2023

Total value of contract

£103,090

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

The Public Service Consultants Limited

Address

45 Pall Mall
London
EC2M 2PF

Reference

Companies House number: 05671510

Value of contract

£103,090

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Attachments

About the buyer

Contact name

Core Services

Address

Polaris House,North Star Avenue
SWINDON
SN2 1FF
England

Telephone

01793 867000

Email

coreservices@uksbs.co.uk

Website

www.uksbs.co.uk