Published date: 9 May 2023

Last edited date: 9 May 2023

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: 30 May 2023, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

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

Location of contract

North East, North West

Value of contract

£35,000 to £40,000

Procurement reference

NP11: Developing innovation clusters - a perspective from the North of England

Published date

9 May 2023

Closing date

30 May 2023

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

12 June 2023

Contract end date

30 August 2023

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?

Yes

Description

This commission is for a research partner to undertake the research and production of a policy report for innovation cluster development. We would expect the research to lead to policy insight addressing questions such as:

• How might we join up different policy initiatives such as Investment Zones, Enterprise Zones, freeports
• How we maximise the value of local interventions across boundaries
• How we maximise the value of the North's leading position on devolution and harnessing public-private-academic partnerships
• How areas with emerging strengths are supported to grow, aligned with a national priority of levelling up

We envisage the commission outputs to comprise of:
1. A review of existing literature on innovation clusters, focused on existing typologies for describing clusters and on policy lessons to ensure this research builds on this existing work
2. Up to eleven short case studies in the North, chosen with NP11, designed to highlight the diversity in type of cluster and pulling out insights on how these were supported to grow
3. A policy report drawing out lessons learnt from the case studies and making positively focused recommendations for future policy development and delivery.

We also envisage that the project will be delivered in close collaboration with NP11's Innovation Programme Lead, who will also convene a small Advisory Board consisting of Local Enterprise Partnership and other stakeholder representatives at key stages along the project plan. Milestones for delivery will be agreed at the inception meeting.

Submissions should be sent via email FAO Jen Rae to: tenders@cheshireandwarrington.com

The closing date and time for the receipt of submissions and all requested documentation relating to this stage is 1700 30th May 2023. Late submissions will not be accepted.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Jen Rae

Address

Wyvern House,The Drumber
WINSFORD
CW7 1AH
England

Telephone

07432360226

Email

tenders@cheshireandwarrington.com

Website

https://cheshireandwarrington.com/about/tenders/