Published date: 29 September 2023

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 3 November 2023, 4pm

Contract summary

Industry

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

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£115,000

Procurement reference

ESC23311

Published date

29 September 2023

Closing date

3 November 2023

Closing time

4pm

Contract start date

10 November 2023

Contract end date

31 May 2024

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?

No

Description

Project background
The Energy Systems Catapult (ESC), together with partners in India, including the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), has created the Innovating for Transport and Energy Systems (ITES) initiative.
ITES is a bilateral collaboration to address key challenges around the decarbonisation of transport by carrying out joint research into specific sustainable transport issues and enabling the piloting, support and scale up of new sustainable solutions. It:
• engages with and supports Indian industry in developing solutions for hard to decarbonise parts of the transport system collaboratively or linking them to UK innovators
• considers the whole systems aspects around transport challenges, from consumer acceptance to supporting infrastructure and impact on the energy generation system
• looks to link leading Indian and UK research organisations, builds on success of the Innovating for Clean Air (IfCA) programme and provides a springboard for UK start-ups to trial their solutions in a low-risk environment
• offers UK innovators access to technical skills and expertise to support them bringing their products to the Indian market, as well as potentially Indian facilities, in the longer-term
• looks to attract public, private and third sector partners and sponsors to ensure activities are market-led and solving practical problems and to decrease the need for UK government funding in the long-term
• provides a long-term, established base for UK - India partnerships and programmes in the Net Zero space, with the potential to expand to other sectors over time
• offers a "soft-landing" for UK innovators interested in the Indian market, and vice versa, linking them to opportunities, collaborators and potential investment
• offers links to conduct knowledge exchange between UK and Indian organisations
Scope of service
ESC is seeking to appoint a supplier to provide stakeholder engagement services to the ITES with the goal of securing sponsorship for ITES. The supplier should have a track record of:
• Developing strategies for and engaging with private sector organisations in the UK
• Raising funding via direct engagement in UK
• Established relationships with investors, corporates, etc.
• Developing and delivering compelling value propositions

Full details in the Scope document.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Procurement Manager

Address

7Th Floor, Cannon House,18 The Priory Queensway
BIRMINGHAM
B377YN
England

Email

procurement@es.catapult.org.uk