Published date: 13 June 2023

Last edited date: 13 June 2023

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Opportunity (published 13 June 2023)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

SW1H 0ET

Value of contract

£0 to £80,000

Procurement reference

tender_356816/1224163

Published date

13 June 2023

Closing date

30 June 2023

Closing time

11am

Contract start date

21 July 2023

Contract end date

22 January 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Competitive quotation (below threshold)

The buyer selects a group of potential suppliers to invite to tender.

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 Friday, 30 June 2023 at 11:00
DO NOT apply directly to the buyer.

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

Brief Description of Requirement

The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) seeks to procure a delivery partner (the 'supplier') for the Minerals Task & Finish Group, who will be responsible for developing and delivering the Group's independent report summarising the aforementioned critical mineral dependencies and vulnerabilities across manufacturing sectors, with recommendations for supply chain resilience. They will also be responsible for developing a risk framework for monitoring critical minerals across UK industry.

The primary aims of the Task & Finish Group are to investigate critical mineral dependencies and vulnerabilities across UK industry sectors, support UK industry to promote resilience and diversity in its supply chains and design a framework for monitoring and mitigating critical mineral supply risk across UK industry sectors. In doing so, the group will develop a network of experts and advocates to raise the profile of issues within UK industry and build the case for critical mineral supply chains security. This is intended to support the delivery of the UK Critical Minerals Strategy.

Please ensure you review all attached information to ensure a full understanding of this requirement. All attachments can be found with the Supplier Attachments tab within the Jaggaer 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 Jaggaer eSourcing Portal for this procurement.

To register on the Jaggaer eSourcing portal please use the link https://beisgroup.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/ and follow the instructions to register as a supplier.

If you are already registered on the Jaggaer eSourcing Portal and wish to participate in this procurement, please use the link: https://beisgroup.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/.

Once you are logged into the system you will be able to locate the Procurement you wish to leave a bid on by clicking the ITTs Open to All Suppliers and searching for the reference number PS23137.

More information

Attachments

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 Jaggaer eSourcing portal will not be accepted or considered by the Contracting Authority further for this opportunity, unless a system outage is experienced, to which the Contracting Authority will advise upon accordingly. 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.

As a user of the Jaggaer eSourcing Portal you will have access to the Jaggaer messaging service which facilitates all messages sent to you and from you, as well as other messages and updates in relation to any specific tender event. Please note that any and all information secured outside of the messaging service, shall have no Legal Standing, merit or worth and should not be relied upon by any organisation submitting a tender response.

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

Kallista Thomas

Address

Polaris House
Swindon
SN2 1FF
England

Email

Professionalservices@uksbs.co.uk