Published date: 14 March 2017

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


Closing: 30 January 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

  • Market and economic research; polling and statistics - 79300000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£25,000

Procurement reference

UK SBS BLOJEU-CR17003BEIS/2

Published date

14 March 2017

Closing date

30 January 2017

Contract start date

9 February 2017

Contract end date

9 February 2018

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other:

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Disruptive Businesses Directorate covers a number of policy areas, one of which is focussed on identifying and engaging with disruptive and transformative businesses, and identifying opportunities and barriers to growth within these.
The aim of the exercise is to give analysts in the Disruptive Businesses Directorate access to intelligence on market trends in business innovation and technology. It will give them information to use in prioritising sectors for further analysis, identify trends relevant to the UK business environment, and maintain awareness of emerging trends which could have an impact on the UK economy, labour market and society.
The objectives of this tender exercise are to:
• To enable Disruptive Businesses Directorate to identify and to stay aware of developing trends in emerging innovations and technologies,
• To provide Disruptive Businesses Directorate with key information on emerging trends in innovation and technologies such as market leaders, current and future market size (UK and globally), and market readiness
• To provide Disruptive Businesses Directorate with information on the convergence of technological innovation and business models to create new markets and new value propositions

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Disruptive Businesses Intelligence

  • Opportunity
  • Published 14 March 2017, last edited 14 March 2017

Attachments

Additional text

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This contract will be awarded based on the evaluation criteria set out in the ITQ document.

How to Apply

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Award information

Awarded date

7 February 2017

Contract start date

9 February 2017

Contract end date

9 February 2018

Total value of contract

£22,875

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Frost and Sullivan

Address

4100 Chancellor Court, Oxford OX24 2GX

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Rebecca Fish

Address

North Star House, North Star Avenue
Swindon
SN2 1FF
England

Email

rebecca.fish@uksbs.co.uk