Published date: 8 May 2017

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: 25 May 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

LA1 3JD

Value of contract

£0 to £37,200

Procurement reference

17-015 S/EBD

Published date

8 May 2017

Closing date

25 May 2017

Contract start date

15 June 2017

Contract end date

30 November 2020

Contract type

Service contract

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Eco-innovation Cumbria is an ERDF funded 4-year programme to help SMEs improve efficiency, grow capacity and develop new solutions for industry.

Eco-innovation Cumbria will help SMEs to increase innovation in low carbon technologies and encourage their adoption. Through research and innovation and the development of higher level skills, it will enable businesses to grow capability in developing new products and markets thereby enhancing the growth of the low carbon and environmental goods sector within Cumbria.

Eco-innovation Cumbria will provide a variety of free workshops and events around Cumbria to explore innovation challenges. It will also develop collaborative research projects between the University, its partners and SMEs.

The project is led by the University of Cumbria (UoC), with partners Lancaster University (LU) and The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan). All events will take place within Cumbria and the majority will be at UoC sites.

The programme has a full time project manager who will oversee UoC activity and act as the key point of contact for partner universities, beneficiary clients and the successful tenderer. Roles and responsibilities are set out in Section E, including the requirements of the successful contractor.

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Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Brett Dixon

Address

Lancaster
Lancaster
Lancaster
LA1 3JD
United Kingdom

Telephone

01228 616265

Email

brett.dixon@cumbria.ac.uk