Published date: 30 October 2018

Last edited date: 30 October 2018

This notice was replaced on 12 February 2019

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 12 February 2019)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

South West

Value of contract

£0 to £62,500

Procurement reference

UK SBS CR18149

Published date

30 October 2018

Closing date

19 November 2018

Contract start date

14 December 2018

Contract end date

1 April 2019

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 19/11/2018 at 11.00

DO NOT apply directly to the buyer.

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

Brief Description of Requirement

We are seeking a research organisation or company to carry out a review of current challenges with respect to equality, diversity and inclusion in the research and innovation landscape in the UK, as well as interventions (specific strategies, policies and programmes, for example, and data capture strategies and practices) to promote EDI in research and innovation.
The aims of the review are to establish a current picture of what is known about the key challenges for EDI in the UK research and innovation landscape, and to develop an understanding of what works and what has proven less effective nationally, in order to identify and learn from effective practice. We will share the findings widely with policy makers and other stakeholders.

Objectives
This review will establish:
1. What organisations have conducted reviews of the relative levels of equality, diversity and inclusion in the UK research base, and their findings
2. Who is leading nationally in terms of equality, diversity and inclusion in research and innovation
3. In national organisations comparable in size, composition and/or function to UKRI, which interventions (to boost diversity in terms of age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, BAME, disability, mental health, neurodiversity, socio-economic background, for example) have been successful and which have not, and to what extent
4. How the efficacy of interventions has been measured
5. What good EDI data capture strategies operate and how organisations can boost disclosure

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 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

Attachments

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.

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:
• name and reference for the procurement you wish to register for;
• 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.

As a user of the e-Sourcing Suite you will have access to Emptoris email messaging service which facilitates all messages sent to you and from you in relation to any specific RFX event.

Please note it is your responsibility to access these emails on a regular basis to ensure you have sight of all relevant information.

For technical assistance on use of the e-Sourcing Suite please contact Crown Commercial Service Helpdesk: Telephone: 0345 010 3503

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

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.

About the buyer

Contact name

Declan Ward

Address

Polaris House
North Star Avenue
SWINDON
SN21FF
England

Telephone

01793867005

Email

research@uksbs.co.uk