Published date: 25 September 2017

Last edited date: 25 September 2017

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


Closing: 11 September 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 72000000

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

  • Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security - 79000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£15,000

Procurement reference

UNN001-DN292384-62949751

Published date

25 September 2017

Closing date

11 September 2017

Contract start date

24 November 2017

Contract end date

28 September 2018

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 university is seeking a researcher who will work closely with Northumbria University's Creative Fuse team to conduct research that will deepen our knowledge of how innovation processes bring about positive change in SMEs.

Taking as a starting-point Northumbria's distinctive focus on design-led innovation and visualisation - and focusing on the different strands of innovation activity that form Northumbria's Creative Fuse programme - the researcher will document: what we do; why we do it; what value it has.

Continuously evaluating the different models and approaches within each strand of innovation activity, the researcher will identify: what works; how it works; how it might stall; how it effects change; what changes are effected; and how it might be improved.

Focusing on carefully selected case studies, the researcher will engage with a number of SMEs on each step of their innovation journey: starting with the initial assessment of their innovation challenges; tracking the design-led innovation and visualisation approaches; and following through to the resulting actions, outputs, and changes within the SME.
By evaluating key findings from within and across the case studies, the researcher will identify how highly effective activity can be delivered to SMEs. The researcher will share their findings with Northumbria's Creative Fuse team throughout the contract so that emerging themes and issues can be used to inform the continuous improvement and iterative development of the Creative Fuse programme of activity. Throughout the contract the researcher will also present their findings in written reports to inform the team's production of academic outputs such as academic publications and conference papers.

We anticipate that this will involve approximately 2 days per week for the duration of the contract, although the intensity of activity may vary throughout the contract. This will require a degree of flexibility to enable engagement with key, scheduled project events

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Award information

Awarded date

21 September 2017

Contract start date

2 October 2017

Contract end date

30 September 2018

Total value of contract

£15,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

John Gribbin

Address

15 Beaumont Manor, Chase Farm Drive, Blyth, Northumberland, NE24 4LP

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Jon Borley

Address

Pandon Building
Camden Street
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 1XE
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 1912274433

Email

jon.borley@northumbria.ac.uk

Website

http://www.northumbriaunitenders.org