Published date: 21 December 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: 13 January 2023, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Software package and information systems - 48000000

Location of contract

BS16 7FS

Value of contract

£35,000 to £175,000

Procurement reference

tender_344820/1160618

Published date

21 December 2022

Closing date

13 January 2023

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

25 January 2023

Contract end date

31 July 2023

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?

Yes

Description

The National composites Centre, part of the High Value Manufacturing Catapults, and in partnership with Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, will invest up to £175,000 on innovation sprint projects to be delivered by 31st March 2023.

The aim of these projects is to explore the use of digital and information technologies to maintain digital traceability of decisions, knowledge and analysis performed during the design and engineering of products. These projects form part of a discovery and planning phase of a national scope of work relating to Smart Design - Towards Product Certification by Analysis.

Funding is available for IT and software pilots which have the potential to fulfil specific challenges related to this theme. All knowledge created through the activity will be publicly accessible and be used to inform requirements, system architectures, specifications, and implementation methodologies as a basis for developing a future roadmap with Innovate UK.

More information

Additional text

Documents can be found on the Jaggaer portal: https://tenders.bris.ac.uk/web/login.html.

Please note this opportunity closes on Friday 13 January 2023 at 17:00.

About the buyer

Contact name

Kevin Shackson

Address

Bristol & Bath Science Park
Bristol
BS16 7FS
England

Telephone

01173707600

Email

kevin.shackson@nccuk.com