Published date: 1 June 2022

This notice was replaced on 10 June 2022

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Opportunity (published 10 June 2022)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Evaluation consultancy services - 79419000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£799,200

Procurement reference

CS22123

Published date

1 June 2022

Approach to market date

6 June 2022

Contract start date

31 August 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2025

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

***THIS FUTURE OPPORTUNITY NOTICE IS TO NOTIFY SUPPLIERS OF AN UPCOMING REQUIREMENT THE DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY WILL BE LAUNCHING DURING JUNE 2022. THIS NOTICE IS TO PROVIDE THE MARKET EARLY NOTIFICATION OF THE REQUIREMENT COMING TO THE MARKET TO ALLOW PREPARATION***

Summary

The Queen's Awards for Enterprise are the UK's most prestigious awards for businesses. The Awards recognise and reward outstanding achievement by UK companies. They are managed by the Queen's Awards Office (QAO) in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) https://www.gov.uk/queens-awards-for-enterprise

Awards are presented in four separate categories. The aim of the tender exercise is to establish a 3-year contract to support the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to procure contractor(s) to provide technical assessment services for the four Queen's Awards categories. Tenderers are invited to bid for one or more lots. We aim to appoint one successful supplier per Lot.

The award of this Contract will be based on 4 Lots:

Lot 1; Innovation Application Appraisal

Lot 2; International Trade Application Appraisal

Lot 3; Promoting Opportunity Application Appraisal

Lot 4; Sustainable Development Application Appraisal

For further information on the lot structure and requirements please refer to the supporting information uploaded to the attachments section of this notice.

For the avoidance of doubt, this notice is not a Call for Competition; a Contract Notice will be issued as a Call for Competition.

More information

Spend profile

This table displays the spend profile of the notice
Financial year Budget
2022/2023 £266,400
2023/2024 £266,400
2024/2025 £266,400

Attachments

About the buyer

Contact name

Core Services

Address

Polaris House
North Star Avenue
SWINDON
SN21FF
England

Telephone

01793 425065

Email

CoreServices@uksbs.co.uk

Website

www.uksbs.co.uk