Published date: 23 March 2018

Last edited date: 23 March 2018

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: 15 February 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development consultancy services - 73200000

  • Market research services - 79310000

  • Marketing services - 79342000

Location of contract

South West

Value of contract

£100,000

Procurement reference

BLOJEU-CR17015IUK

Published date

23 March 2018

Closing date

15 February 2017

Contract start date

28 February 2017

Contract end date

5 May 2017

Contract type

Service 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?

No

Description

*** This tender requirement was abandoned prior to a Contract award decision. ***

The primary objective of the Market Engagement work stream is to engage world leading IT vendors to understand how their research and product development strategies align with the DBB design requirements. In engaging these suppliers, we need establish and then communicate the market capitalisation opportunities to positively influence their research and product development programme to leverage the investment from their R&D budgets to internal and UK Government led projects, such as end-to-end solutions and products, to support market growth and reduce the burden on UK Government funding.

More information

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About the buyer

Address

Polaris House
North Star Avenue
Swindon
SN2 1FL
England

Email

research@uksbs.co.uk