Published date: 14 July 2021

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: 29 July 2021, 11am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development consultancy services - 73200000

  • Market and economic research; polling and statistics - 79300000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£0 to £35,000

Procurement reference

PS21092

Published date

14 July 2021

Closing date

29 July 2021

Closing time

11am

Contract start date

16 August 2021

Contract end date

22 October 2021

Contract type

Supply contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

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

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The final date and time for the submission of bids is Thursday 29th July 2021 at 14:00.

DO NOT apply directly to the buyer.

All tender information MUST be submitted through the Delta eSourcing Portal.

Brief Description of Requirement

Background to this project
We want communities across the UK - particularly those that are marginalised and under-represented - to be able to play an active role in the research and innovation system and to benefit more directly from it.
We want to go beyond traditional, project-based approaches to community engagement and investigate approaches that build long-term capacity and infrastructure for a more collaborative, open and equitable research and innovation system.
We want to create opportunities for under-represented communities - and the knowledge, expertise and experience they possess - to become an integral part of the research and innovation system and the wider knowledge economy.

Investing in infrastructure
In order to create a research and innovation system that values and includes communities we need to invest not only in projects and time-bound activity, but also in baseline capacity, including talented people, relationships, brokerage infrastructure, knowledge mobilisation and network building.
Through this research, we want to discover which types of capacity and infrastructure are required, the timescales on which they can be developed and where they are most needed.
We want to invest in capacity that will help to:
1. create sustainable, equitable, purposeful relationships between communities and the professional research and innovation sector
2. facilitate community-led research and innovation initiatives
3. embed new approaches to working with communities into the research and innovation system.

Please ensure you review all attached information to ensure a full understanding of this requirement. All attachments can be found with the Document Uploads tab within the Delta eSourcing Portal.

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

How to Apply

UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) will be using the Delta eSourcing Portal for this procurement.

To register on the Delta eSourcing portal please use the link https://www.delta-esourcing.com/ and follow the instructions to register.

If you are already registered on the Delta eSourcing Portal and wish to participate in this procurement, please use the link: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/ and the follow the instructions to 'Log in'

Once you are logged into the system you will be able to link yourself into this procurement using the Access Code: ZSCU7KH9QD

More information

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Links

Additional text

DO NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO BUYER

All submissions will be assessed in accordance with the Public Procurement Regulations that apply to this opportunity.

Responses must be received by the date and time in the tender documentation; responses received outside of the deadline or not sent via the Delta eSourcing portal will not be accepted or considered by the Contracting Authority further for this opportunity. Interested organisations should ensure that they allow a sufficiency of time, prior to the deadline to allow all sections to be completed in full and any attachments to be uploaded.

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Please note it is your organisations responsibility to access these messages on a regular basis to ensure you have sight of all relevant information applicable to this opportunity.

The Contracting Authority expressly reserves the right:

i. not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice; and

ii. to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the procurement; and under no circumstances as part of your organisations participation in this opportunity, will the Contracting Authority be liable for any costs incurred by any organisation as a result. If the Contracting Authority decides to enter into a contract with any successful organisation(s), this does not mean that there is any guarantee of subsequent contracts being awarded. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgement of your organisation in doing so.

About UK Shared Business Services

UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) brings a commercial attitude to the public sector; helping our contracting authorities to improve efficiency, generate savings and modernise.

Where UK SBS is not named as the Contracting Authority within the documentation, UK SBS will be acting as an agent on behalf of the Contracting Authority.

Our broad range of expert services is shared by our customers. This allows our customers the freedom to focus resources on core activities; innovating and transforming their own organisations.

For full details of our partner base please review the following link: http://www.uksbs.co.uk/services/procure/contracts/Pages/default.aspx

About the buyer

Contact name

Karl Oakley

Address

Polaris House, North Star Avenue
SWINDON
SN21FF
England

Telephone

01793 867000

Email

professionalservices@uksbs.co.uk

Website

www.uksbs.co.uk