Published date: 4 April 2018

Last edited date: 4 April 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: 20 January 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Business development consultancy services - 79411100

  • Event services - 79952000

  • Miscellaneous business-related services - 79990000

    • Training services - 80500000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£400,000

Procurement reference

UK SBS PS16216

Published date

4 April 2018

Closing date

20 January 2017

Contract start date

15 February 2017

Contract end date

15 February 2019

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

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

Future Cities Missions take up to 20 of the UK's best young, innovative, high-growth potential companies to overseas markets to help them grow faster. Missions achieve this by supporting the SMEs to:
• Network with potential customer, partners and investors
• Improve their Profile through PR coverage
• Refine their Pitch to potential investors and to suit the target market
• Gain Insight into what it takes to do business in the target market
• Raise their Ambition and accelerate their plans

This support and experience is hard for young companies to gain. The Missions also open doors that would be closed to a SME alone. The attraction of a competitive group backed by government and private sponsors helps Missions to engage critical partners in the overseas market.
Future Cities Missions are funded by Innovate UK in partnership with UKTI. They are organised by an external Delivery Partner who project manage the considerable process and logistics as well as securing other sponsors and developing the programme. Oversight is from Innovate UK who also underwrite the Missions costs. Mission location and company selection are set in collaboration with Innovate UK and UKTI.

CLOSING TIME FOR BIDS IS 20/01/2017 11:00 HOURS.
DO NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE BUYER.

To express your interest in this opportunity email ExpressionOfInterest@crowncommercial.gov.uk. To register on our e-sourcing portal click on https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk and follow the link "Register for CCS eSourcing"

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DO NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE BUYER

As part of the strategic alliance between UK Shared Business Services (UK SBS) and Crown Commercial Service (CCS), UK SBS can use the CCS eSourcing Suite for future procurements. If you have not yet registered on the eSourcing Suite, this can be done online at https://gpssourcing.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 you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so. Once you have registered on the eSourcing Suite, a registered user can express an interest for a specific procurement. This is done by emailing 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; and the 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 assessed on the eSourcing Suite at: https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk using the instructions detailed in the Specification documents with Contracts Finder.

About the buyer

Contact name

Becky Eldridge

Address

North Star House
North Star Avenue
Swindon
SN2 1FF
England

Email

professionalservices@uksbs.co.uk