Published date: 31 July 2018

Withdrawn opportunity - This means that the contract has been withdrawn early. This could be due to a change of circumstances.


Closing: 3 August 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Evaluation consultancy services - 79419000

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£630,000

Procurement reference

PS18161

Published date

31 July 2018

Closing date

3 August 2018

Contract start date

29 August 2018

Contract end date

29 August 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above 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 03/08/2018 at 14:00

DO NOT apply directly to the buyer.

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

Brief Description of Requirement
Specification

The Queen's Awards for Enterprise are the UK's most prestigious awards for businesses. The Awards recognise and reward outstanding achievement by UK companies. They are managed by the Queen's Awards Office (QAO) in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) https://www.gov.uk/queens-awards-for-enterprise

Awards are presented in four separate categories. The aim of the tender exercise is to establish a 3-year framework contract to support the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to procure contractor(s) to provide technical assessment services for the four Queen's Awards categories. Tenderers are invited to bid for one or more lots. We aim to appoint one successful supplier per Lot;
Technical Assessment Services may be contracted under the following categories:

Lot 1; Innovation Application Appraisal

Lot 2; International Trade Application Appraisal

Lot 3; Promoting Opportunity Application Appraisal

Lot 4; Sustainable Development Application Appraisal

A maximum of 1 supplier will be selected for each Lot. You may apply to more than 1 Lot.
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 RFP 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.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Uk SBS PS18161 Queens Award for Enterprise Assessment Framework

  • Opportunity
  • Published 29 June 2018

Attachments

Links

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 bid documents.

Responses received outside or concurrently using the eSourcing process will not be accepted or considered further for this opportunity.

How to Register on the CCS eSourcing Suite

Full details of this opportunity can be found on the e-sourcing portal please follow instructions below. 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.

About the buyer

Address

North Star House
SWINDON
SN21FF
England

Email

professionalservices@uksbs.co.uk

Website

www.uksbs.co.uk