Published date: 2 September 2019

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


Closing: 7 May 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Advisory and consultative engineering services - 71318000

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

  • Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security - 79000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£5,250,000

Procurement reference

ESC001-DN400185-29837640

Published date

2 September 2019

Closing date

7 May 2019

Contract start date

18 June 2019

Contract end date

31 May 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Innovator Support Platform (ISP)
Ensuring UK innovators capitalise on the opportunities presented by the energy system transformation is an essential strand of the ESC's mission. SMEs in particular, face a range of systemic challenges and barriers to get new energy-related products and services to market and ready for wide-scale adoption by customers. At the same time SMEs must contend with the start-up, growth and scale-up challenges many new businesses struggle with, regardless of sector.
Our response for supporting innovative SME's is to offer a combined solution. We offer help to refine propositions and open routes to market through applying ESC assets and capabilities to navigate the energy transformation and systemic barriers to market entry. In parallel, we combine this offering with tailored business growth assistance through access to a broad network of market, technology, and business domain experts, existing incubators, accelerators and external support initiatives.
This gives rise to the ISP vision, that aligns with the ESC's 5-year Delivery Plan: "To establish the UK's leading 'virtual' energy incubator, supporting innovators to open routes to market whilst helping them to tackle business growth challenges"
We are delivering this vision through a 3-tier platform that can offer SME's a journey through Universal support, Incubation and Acceleration that suits their needs and stage of business:
1. Universal Support - standardised offerings accessible by all Innovators (not just SMEs), including sign-posting to ESC partner relationships and network
2. Incubation - tailored support for selected SMEs utilising ESC capabilities and delivery partner offerings, particularly for those at an early-stage of business growth
3. Acceleration - scale-up support for selected potential high-impact SMEs who can benefit from access to ESC capabilities, its partners, and links to investors, particularly for those at a later-stage of business scale-up
This Framework is primarily seeking services for SMEs at Tier 2 Incubation stage and Tier 3 Acceleration stage.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

ESC19105 - Innovator Support Platform

  • Opportunity
  • Published 12 April 2019, last edited 12 April 2019

Additional text

https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=72c7766b-ca56-e911-80f3-005056b64545&fromRfxSummary=True&rfxId=0c226219-5355-e911-80f3-005056b64545

Award information

Awarded date

24 June 2019

Contract start date

1 July 2019

Contract end date

30 June 2023

Total value of contract

£6,000,000

This contract was awarded to 38 suppliers.

100% Open

Address

London

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

350 Investment Partners LLP.

Address

Herts

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Apteno Consulting Limited

Address

Buckinghamshire

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Atkins Limited

Address

Epsom

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

CAG Consultants LLP

Address

London

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Carbon Limiting Technologies

Address

Fleet

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Clear Blue Energy Limited

Address

Alresford

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Cutland Consulting Limited

Address

Bedfordshire

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Delta Energy & Environment Limited

Address

Edinburgh

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Ecuity Consulting LLP

Address

Solihull

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Eigen Ventures Limited

Address

Surrey

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

EnAcumen Limited

Address

Hartlepool

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Energy Innovation Centre

Address

Cheshire

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Fluxx Limited

Address

London

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Frazer-Nash Consultancy

Address

Plymouth

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Gemserv

Address

London

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Graham Oakes

Address

Northwich

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

GreenCrowd Partnership LLP

Address

London

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Isle Utilities.

Address

Surrey

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Kiwa

Address

Cheltenham

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Knowledge Transfer Network

Address

London

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

L Marks

Address

Altrinham

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

One Ten One Hundred Limited

Address

Scotland

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Oxford Computer Consultants Limited

Address

Oxford

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Oxford Innovation (Business & Innovation Centres)

Address

Oxford

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Oxford Innovation

Address

Oxford

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Pineapple Sustainable Business Partnerships

Address

Oxford

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Plexal

Address

London

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Rina Consulting

Address

Surrey

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Riverswan

Address

Warwick

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Sustainable Venture Development Partners

Address

London

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Taylor Macpherson

Address

London

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

The Accelerator Network

Address

London

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

University of Brighton

Address

Brighton

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

University of Salford

Address

Salford

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

University of Strathclyde

Address

Strathclyde

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

WeWork Community Workspace UK Limited

Address

London

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

WSP UK Limited

Address

London

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Jim Owen

Address

7th Floor
Cannon House, The Priory Queensway
Birmingham
B4 6BS
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 1212033700

Email

jim.owen@es.catapult.org.uk

Website

https://es.catapult.org.uk/