Published date: 28 July 2015

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 5 August 2015

Contract summary

Industry

  • Business analysis consultancy services - 72221000

  • Research and experimental development services - 73100000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£30,000 to £100,000

Procurement reference

CON-2015-075

Published date

28 July 2015

Closing date

5 August 2015

Contract start date

14 August 2015

Contract end date

13 November 2015

Contract type

Not applicable

Procedure type

Not applicable

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

The Future Cities Catapult accelerates urban ideas to market to grow the economy and make cities better. We bring together businesses, universities and city leaders so that they can work with each other to solve the problems that cities face, now and in the future.

The deployment of Internet of Things (IoT) sensors and solutions within cities provides the opportunity improve city and citizen services and reduce costs - for example, improved car parking, waste management, lighting, etc.

We need a Business Analyst/Research to lead, execute and deliver rapid business cases in individual cities.

This will involve:

Bringing together existing research;

Mapping the specific city services and current value chain;

Determining potential benefits and new sources of value that can be elaborated, and new services proposed;

Identifying full life-cycle costs of new solutions, including planning, deployment, management and support;

Capturing SME opportunities;

Producing a report accessible by city officials, service providers and technology companies to support their development of their business cases;

Working with one or more city to apply the methodology in their context.

The contract is for 3 months with the possibility of extension.


More information

Additional text

To express interest in this opportunity and download a copy of the RFQ, please visit www.fccprocurement.org.uk. Once registered, the opportunity can be accessed via the the reference 9YTM-PFACHM.

All communication should be via the e-tendering portal.


About the buyer

Address

1 Sekforde Street
Farringdon
London
EC1R 0BE
England

Email

procurement@futurecities.catapult.org.uk

Website

www.fccprocurement.org.uk