Published date: 7 December 2020

This notice was replaced on 10 February 2021

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Awarded contract (published 10 February 2021)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Evaluation consultancy services - 79419000

Location of contract

DH1 3LE

Value of contract

£26,667

Procurement reference

RFQ20-017

Published date

7 December 2020

Closing date

21 January 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

8 February 2021

Contract end date

31 May 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 North East and Tees Valley areas have amongst the lowest rates in the UK of expenditure on R&D, of patents granted, trademarks registered and designs registered.

The LEPs and other government funded bodies aim to address this failing by encouraging increased innovation, and increased knowledge exchange between research intensive organisations such as Universities, and local SMEs.

The consortium of universities of Durham, Newcastle, Northumbria and Teesside worked collaboratively to identify demand for a project of this nature.

The Intensive Industrial Innovation Programme (IIIP) projects were developed in order to address the market failures of imperfect information, scale economies and partial public goods. Each partner university will support SMEs by providing highly qualified post graduate individuals to support the company's R&D ambitions.

Funding was awarded in January 2018 to two Intensive Industrial Innovation Programme projects - one in the North East LEP area and one in the Tees Valley LEP area. They are collaborative projects between the 4 Universities and Durham University are the lead partner.

The projects connects SMEs from priority sectors with the region's University research expertise. The research is focused on improvements and developments of new products, processes or services to the business and to the market. A key objective is the retention of skilled researchers in the region, and the creation of new employment opportunities.

A requirement of all ERDF-funded projects under the 2014-2020 Operational Programme in the North East of England is to produce a summative assessment.

This summative assessment will need to test the original assumptions made within the project bid and logic model and provide some final assessment of its services, impact and learning in this market.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Lyndsay Glasper

Address

South Road
DURHAM
DH13LE
England

Telephone

0191 3344553

Email

lyndsay.glasper@durham.ac.uk

Website

http://events.transaxions.com/service.aspx?event=6817