Published date: 22 July 2019

Last edited date: 22 July 2019

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


Closing: 17 May 2019

Contract summary

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Location of contract

B4 7WB

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

QU215 - AWARD

Published date

22 July 2019

Closing date

17 May 2019

Contract start date

24 June 2019

Contract end date

31 August 2020

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

The Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership ('the LEP') is seeking quotations from suitably qualified organisations to undertake an 'Evaluation of a GBSLEP Pilot Programme to increase business innovation in key growth industries' which will include innovation 'challenge events', company-centric innovation support and small innovation grant awards.

The pilot programme responds to consultancy findings (Optimat 2018) which identified:

• Industry demand for challenge-led events capable of stimulating demand-led innovation projects including via cross-sector engagement and collaboration;
• A lack of company-centric innovation support in the GBSLEP area;
• Need and demand for small scale innovation grants

Bidding consultants are required to submit their proposed methodology for delivering the work requirement which will need to include:

• Contextual review of the policy context, evidence base and rationale for the pilot programme;
• Review of the pilot programme delivery plans and arrangements including the selected provider(s) event proposals; arrangements for selecting SME-led innovation projects for follow-on support and the grant arrangements for awarding the small innovation grant awards;
• Consultation with the provider organisation(s) pre and post-delivery to understand the pilot programme delivery plans and rationale and learning from the pilot programme;
• Survey of SME beneficiaries of the programme at key milestones including post event delivery, post innovation support - immediately and six months following to establish programme impact
• SME-led innovation project case studies

The pilot programme will be delivered over 9 months between June 2019 and February 2020 and the evaluation contract will be for a longer period of 15 months commencing June 2019 until August 2020 so that the business impact of the programme can be evaluated

Registration and use of in-tend is free. All correspondence for this procurement process must be via the in-tend correspondence function. If you are unable to register with in-tend please either email us at cps@birmingham.gov.uk or call 0121 464 8000.

If you are interested in tendering please click on the following link to access the Council's tender Portal:- https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/ and submit your details to register as a bidder. We will send you a log on and password so you can download the quotation.

Your completed quotation should be returned by 5pm on 17th May 2019 via the 'in-tend' system https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc


Award information

Awarded date

21 June 2019

Contract start date

24 June 2019

Contract end date

31 August 2020

Total value of contract

£20,800

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Wavehill Ltd

Address

21 Alban Square, Aberaeron, Ceredigion, United Kingdom, SA46 0DB

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No


About the buyer

Contact name

Manjit Samrai

Address

10 Woodcock Street
Birmingham
West Midlands
B4 7WB
United Kingdom

Telephone

0121 303 0349

Email

manjit.samrai@birmingham.gov.uk