Published date: 4 February 2022

Last edited date: 7 February 2022

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: 8 March 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Industrial and technical training services - 80531000

  • Industrial training services - 80531100

  • Technical training services - 80531200

    • Management training services - 80532000

Location of contract

BS1 6EW

Value of contract

£590,000

Procurement reference

WECA001-DN595659-50759695

Published date

4 February 2022

Closing date

8 March 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

25 April 2022

Contract end date

31 March 2025

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?

Yes

Description

We are seeking the services of external delivery partner(s) to work collaboratively with the West of England Combined Authority to deliver Made Smarter West of England.

Made Smarter West of England is a programme to support manufacturing Small & Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the West of England to adopt Industrial Digital Technologies through a package of intensive support measures.

The project will be led by the West of England Combined Authority. The Combined Authority will deliver some parts of the project in-house, but there are other parts where the Combined Authority does not have the required resources or expertise and are therefore the subject of this procurement.


The Combined Authority is looking to contract with one lead delivery partner. It is likely the lead delivery partner will need to work as part of a consortium (led by the lead delivery partner) to ensure each element of this procurement can be delivered.

If you are an organisation interested in supporting Made Smarter West of England but are unsure how to be part of a consortium, we may be able to put you in touch with other organisations who are also interested in being part of a consortium. Please submit your request through the messaging function in the Procurement Portal.

We are open to proposals that enhance the outcomes of this work with supplementary ideas and links to other relevant programmes.

Made Smarter West of England is funded through the Combined Authority's Investment Fund but follows the same principles as the BEIS funded Made Smarter National Adoption Programme1. It is recommended interested parties are familiar with the BEIS programme prior to replying to this procurement opportunity.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Made Smarter Programme - West of England

  • Opportunity
  • Published 4 February 2022

Additional text

In order to access the tender documents you will need to register on the Authority Procurement Portal which can be found here: https://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk/

Project Reference is DN595659

About the buyer

Contact name

Andrew Brentley

Address

3 Rivergate
Temple Quay
Bristol
BS1 6ER
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 1173321510

Email

Procurement@westofengland-ca.gov.uk

Website

https://www.westofengland-ca.org.uk/