Published date: 11 April 2019

Last edited date: 11 April 2019

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Awarded contract (published 16 August 2019)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Research services - 73110000

Location of contract

lu1 3ju

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

UoB/GEN487/2019/03

Published date

11 April 2019

Closing date

7 May 2019

Contract start date

21 May 2019

Contract end date

1 September 2019

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Single tender action (below threshold)

A direct contract with a single supplier, without competition.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

The University of Bedfordshire invites tenders for a mixed study of quantitative and qualitative research to demonstrate the economic and social impact or wider benefit of the University and the local, regional and national economy. In particular this commission will contribute to the University's Policy Work in relation to delivering the National Industry Strategy aims and the overall UK commitment of reaching an R&D spend of 2.4% of GDP.

The University believes that the impact case studies submitted to REF2014 revealed the substantial work that we do to bring wider benefits to the economy, society and quality of life in the UK. This exercise, whilst important to the academic community, does not resonate with the wider public as it often focusses on unquantified or long-term benefit. With the planned introduction of the Knowledge Exchange (KE) Framework, the University wishes to benchmark our current activities that have economic impact to provide businesses and other users (and potential users) of our knowledge with information which may increase our visibility as potential university partners.

The University is preparing to develop our Strategic Plan for the period 2020-2025; this impact assessment should be conducted with reference to our Strategic Plan 2017-2020


More information

Links

Additional text

Suppliers must register and express an interest in this tender through the University of Bedfordshire's website.

All correspondence will be through the University of Bedfordshire's Procurement Website.

All contracts resulting from this tender will be against the University's terms and conditions.


About the buyer

Contact name

Tracy Wilson

Address

University Square
LUTON
LU13JU
England

Telephone

01582743315

Email

tracy.wilson@beds.ac.uk

Website

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofbedfordshire/