Published date: 12 July 2018

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


Closing: 8 March 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development consultancy services - 73200000

  • Market and economic research; polling and statistics - 79300000

Location of contract

WA4 4AD

Value of contract

£35,200

Procurement reference

CR18026

Published date

12 July 2018

Closing date

8 March 2018

Contract start date

4 April 2018

Contract end date

28 September 2018

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

The final date and time for the submission of bids is 08/03/2018 at 11:00hrs

DO NOT apply directly to the buyer.

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

Brief Description of Requirement

The aim of the tender is to select a contractor to undertake a market study exercise, on behalf of STFC, which will provide input into one STFC-led task as part of the EU Horizon 2020-funded AMICI (Accelerators and Magnet Infrastructure for Collaboration and Innovation) project.
Central to this activity will be a survey exercise to be conducted by the selected contractor. This will assess the technical capabilities of an agreed set of European commercial organisations that operate in defined particle accelerator technology areas, looking at their equipment, skills and capacity to deliver, as well as their appetite for commercial innovation based on past history and current attitude to risk.
In addition the survey will provide insight into domains of societal and commercial applications, including potential market sizes, beyond large-scale national research laboratories.
A report identifying specific domains of societal applications and European commercial organisations that have the current capability, and future potential, to innovate and develop solutions in the fields of particle accelerator technologies will be delivered at the end of the contract.
The impact of the market study on the overall AMICI project delivery will be underpinned by three key drivers: the breadth and suitability of the commercial contacts (both in terms of the company's relevance and the suitability of personnel contacts); the ability of the contractor to extract relevant information using the most suitable data collection

Please ensure you review all attached information to ensure a full understanding of this requirement. All attachments can be found with the RFx attachments tab within the Emptoris System.

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

How to Apply

As part of the strategic alliance between UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) and Crown Commercial Service (CCS), UK SBS will be using the CCS eSourcing Suite for this procurement.

To register on the CCS eSourcing portal please follow the details contained within the Additional Information section of this notice.

If you are already registered on the CCS eSourcing portal and wish to register your interest in this opportunity please email; expressionofinterest@crowncommercial.gov.uk

Your email must clearly state:
• the name and reference for the procurement you wish to register for;
• the name of the registered Bidder;
• the name and contact details for the registered individual sending the email.

Please disregard any content in this notice that requests your organisation "to apply directly to the buyer" as this unfortunately a system generated error, that is outside of the Contracting Authorities control.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

UK SBS CR18026 - AMICI Survey

  • Opportunity
  • Published 8 February 2018

Attachments

Links

Additional text

DO NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO BUYER

All submissions will be assessed in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, for procurement values that exceed Regulation 5 (Threshold amounts)

Responses must be received by the date in the tender documentation; responses received outside of the deadline or not sent via the eSourcing portal will not be accepted or considered further for this opportunity.

How to Register on the CCS eSourcing Suite

If you have not yet registered on the eSourcing Suite, this can be done online at https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk by following the link 'Register for CCS eSourcing'.

Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so.

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• name of the registered Bidder;
• name and contact details for the registered individual sending the email.

Crown Commercial Service will process the email and then enable the Bidder to access the procurement online via the e-Sourcing Suite. The registered user will receive a notification email to alert them once this has been done. The Sourcing documents can then be accessed on the eSourcing Suite at: https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk using the instructions detailed in the Specification documents within Contracts Finder.

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Training documents to support Bidders to utilise Emptoris CCS eSourcing are available in the Contracts Finder Tender documents section.

About UK Shared Business Services

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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.

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Award information

Awarded date

26 March 2018

Contract start date

4 April 2018

Contract end date

28 September 2018

Total value of contract

£34,400

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Qi3 Ltd

Address

St John's Innovation Centre
Cowley
Cambridge
CB4 0WS

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

Polaris House
SWINDON
SN2 1ET
England

Telephone

01793 867005

Email

Research@uksbs.co.uk

Website

www.uksbs.co.uk