Published date: 31 January 2022

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: 17 February 2022, 1pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Energy and related services - 71314000

  • Energy-management services - 71314200

  • Energy-efficiency consultancy services - 71314300

Location of contract

East Midlands, East of England, South East

Value of contract

£20,000 to £35,000

Procurement reference

MT225244

Published date

31 January 2022

Closing date

17 February 2022

Closing time

1pm

Contract start date

7 March 2022

Contract end date

30 March 2022

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

1. About us
1.1. The South East Midlands Local Enterprise Partnership (SEMLEP) has a central role in determining local economic priorities and securing investment to support business innovation and growth. To do this we link together the public and private sectors with academia to coordinate housing, transport, commercial development, energy infrastructure and raise workforce skills, in line with employers' needs, for the benefit of the wider economic area. We prioritise driving up productivity, creating jobs and promoting long-term, sustainable growth.
1.2. SEMLEP has three main roles in delivering strategic economic growth.
1.2.1. Setting the strategic direction for the area's future economic opportunities, challenges and priorities.
1.2.2. Direct intervention to increase growth. We are responsible for securing and overseeing the spend of two main sources of growth funding as well as coordinating business support through our Growth Hub
1.2.3. Facilitating growth by convening partners to assist cross-boundary collaboration on short and long-term economic issues.
2. Background
2.1. GRIP is funded by North Northamptonshire Council via the UK Government's Community Renewal Fund for a project across North and West Northamptonshire.
2.2. The programme will provide support to 100 businesses in North and West Northamptonshire that are looking at ways to grow, improve productivity and increase the sustainability of their business. This will be achieved by provid...the application form is Part A. Questions 1, 3, 5, 6 and 7 are pass / reject. If you fail these questions, your application will be rejected.
Stage Two - Award Criteria
If your application passes on "Part A" it will progress to "Part B" that is the Award Criteria. The applications will be scored under the Award Criteria set out in Annex 1.
Stage Three - Interview
If your application achieves up to the top three scoring bids in "Part B" then you may be invited in for an interview to answer questions about your application. This would account for 15% of the overall score.
7. RFQ responses
Please note that your response must include:
- SEMLEP's RFQ Application Form fully completed
- Any additional information you wish to provide to support your response. Please keep additional information to no more than 3 A4 pages
- All prices quoted shall be fixed and firm and shall apply for the full duration of the contract.
- All costs are deemed to include expenses and any other on-cost.
- All prices quoted shall be inclusive of Value Added Tax (VAT)
- The quotation response must be on SEMLEP's Request for Quotation Application Form
- Any queries regarding completion of the response please email procurement@semlep.com or contact us on 01234 436100
- Please send your completed forms and any supporting information electronically to procurement@semlep.com with the name of the tender in the subject header. Please note we do not want hard copies to be sent in the post.

More information

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About the buyer

Contact name

Procurement@semlep.com

Address

Innovation Centre, Cranfield University Technology Park
University Way
Cranfield
MK43 0BT
England

Telephone

+44 1234436100

Email

Procurement@semlep.com

Website

www.semlep.com