Published date: 4 October 2018

This notice was replaced on 9 April 2019

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 22 July 2019, last edited 22 July 2019)

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.


Contract summary

Industry

  • Personnel-training services - 79632000

  • Specialist training services - 80510000

Location of contract

West Midlands

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

18-41

Published date

4 October 2018

Closing date

26 October 2018

Contract start date

12 November 2018

Contract end date

11 November 2019

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?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

The University of Wolverhampton employs the Project Support Office (PSO) to support University staff in all stages of bidding and project management, from identifying potential funding streams to project closure and audit. Currently, the Project Bidding Development Team supports approximately 400 bids per year, to over 100 different funding streams, and the Economic Partnerships and Growth Support Team oversees a portfolio of mainly regional projects worth over £35 million.
This requirement is split into thirteen (13) Lots; Tenderers have the opportunity to provide a submission on any/all of the following Lots:
- General Bid Writing and Funding Training
- InnovateUK
- Strength in Places fund
- Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund
- Global Challenges Research Fund
- Research Councils
- Research England
- Newton Fund
- Other opportunities from UKRI
- Major Charities and Trusts, including Leverhulme, Royal Society, British Academy, The Wellcome Trust
- Horizon 2020
- Erasmus+
- European Structural Investment Funds (European Regional Development Funds and European Social Funds)
The highest scoring 6 Tenderers will be awarded on to each Lot. For each call off agreement under the Framework, all 6 Service providers will be invited to submit a quotation. Mandatory Requirements
• Successful Service Providers must have an in-depth working knowledge and experience of providing general bid writing/specific funding training requirements (for each Lot).
• Successful Service Providers need to have excellent communication skills and a successful history of delivering innovative and engaging training for different audiences.
• The successful Contractor(s) will be assessed in line with IR35 regulations to ensure compliance.
• Presentations are a pass/fail requirement. A minimum score of 3 is required in the presentation element to be successful in being taken through to evaluation stage.

The Tender is available on the following link - https://wlv.bravosolution.co.uk/


About the buyer

Address

Wulfruna Street
WOLVERHAMPTON
WV1 1AD
England

Email

procurement@wlv.ac.uk