Published date: 9 February 2024

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


Closing: 10 September 2022, 6pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

Ukraine

Value of contract

£414,200

Procurement reference

2897-2023, 3026-2023

Published date

9 February 2024

Closing date

10 September 2022

Closing time

6pm

Contract start date

26 September 2022

Contract end date

20 March 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a framework agreement

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established framework agreement.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

As the war in Ukraine takes a toll not only on civilian and military lives, but also on the livelihoods of Ukrainian citizens fleeing war, it is crucial to support businesses to re-establish and recover operations in more secure areas of the country. As more flexible and adaptable SMEs are to become the driver of Ukraine's economic recovery, this project is set to support the Government of Ukraine in designing and piloting SME support policies and programmes that would enable SMEs to operate under the current volatile context of war and post-war recovery.
Because of the volatility and unpredictability of the situation, the project will be implemented in three phases (June-September 2022, October-December 2022, January-March 2023). Phase 2 will build on the results of the Phase 1, consolidate and finalise the recommendations into an Outline of the set of recommended policies for effective SME sector support. The team will also continue working on the regional level with the Lviv City Administration. After assessing SME needs and perspectives of establishing an industrial park in the city and coming up with policy recommendations on supporting SME sector at the city level, the team in the Phase 2 will be supporting Lviv Mayor's Office in design of a business plan of the "Sygnivka Industrial Park".During the Phase 3, the team in the consultations with the RO will prepare a short-list of selected SME support policies, worked out in more details and ready for the further implementation by the RO The MF will deliver a comprehensive, conflict sensitive assistance package focused on:
• Policy development
• Update and ability of the regional SME support infrastructure in Ukraine and extra-territorial centres, in the neighbouring states where relevant (one has been opened already in Warsaw, Poland), to design and implement effective SME support policies and programmes, and
• Design support measures to facilitate the build-up and resilience of the SME sector in Ukraine, to enable it to secure new partnerships and export opportunities and to respond to challenges and meet needs brought about by war.

Award information

Awarded date

20 September 2022

Contract start date

26 September 2022

Contract end date

20 March 2023

Total value of contract

£414,200

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Kyiv School of Economics and Management (KSEM)

Address

3 Mykoly Shpaka street, Kyiv, Ukraine, 03113

Reference

No reference - other

Value of contract

£414,200

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Zuzanna Pogorzelska

Address

1 Chamberlain Square
BIRMINGHAM
SE12RD
England

Telephone

+44 (0)20 3874 3440

Email

zuzanna.pogorzelska@abtbritain.co.uk