Published date: 24 August 2020

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: 21 September 2020, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

  • Business development consultancy services - 79411100

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£200,000

Procurement reference

OREC001-DN494132-96465057

Published date

24 August 2020

Closing date

21 September 2020

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

19 October 2020

Contract end date

18 October 2021

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

Acting on behalf of the Offshore Wind Growth Partnership, the ORE Catapult has launched this framework tender to deliver the Wind Expert Support Toolkit ("WEST").
Funding for the activities conducted by the OWGP are provided by the Offshore Wind Industry Council ("OWIC") - a key stakeholder in the successful realisation of the requirements of the UK Offshore Wind Sector Deal.
The OWGP is a long-term business transformation programme that has been established as part of the UK Offshore Wind Sector Deal. It will promote closer collaboration across the supply chain, implement structured productivity improvement programmes and facilitate shared growth opportunities between developers and the supply chain.
The WEST Programme Framework will be a low intensity intervention activity to be delivered within the OWGP Business Transformation stream. This encompasses aspects of the OWGP's Business Competitiveness and Building New Capacity strands and aims to support growth of offshore wind supply chain companies through specialist advice, market intelligence and business planning. This is a short entry point foundation activity that will include the provision of assessment, support, reporting and recommendations of next steps and action plans for further support as and where required.
The WEST Programme Framework will be a multi-supplier Framework Agreement. It is anticipated that a maximum of six (6) suppliers will be appointed to the Framework. However, the OWGP reserves the right to appoint fewer or more than this number if deemed to be in their best interest. Most supply chain companies should receive between three (3) and ten (10) days of support (effort) from the Consultant in the delivery of each project. With an average of six (6) days delivery effort per supply chain company.
NB: as this is a framework agreement, there is no guarantee, warranty or assurance given in relation to the total volume or value of any Services required under this Framework Agreement. The full ITT document can be found at https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=228e8efd-22e2-ea11-8104-005056b64545

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Options: Future regional programmes may adopt a WEST "light" approach, supporting supply chain companies in a particular region which may alter the number of days support and average delivery effort. Where this may apply, Consultants would be notified in advance of engagement with a supply chain company assigned to a regionally funded programme

About the buyer

Contact name

Gillian Sharp

Address

Offshore House
Albert Street
Blyth
NE24 1LZ
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 3330041419

Email

procurement@ore.catapult.org.uk

Website

https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=228e8efd-22e2-ea11-8104-005056b64545