Published date: 21 March 2018

Withdrawn opportunity - This means that the contract has been withdrawn early.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


Closing: 9 February 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Business and management consultancy and related services - 79400000

Location of contract

SE1 0AA

Value of contract

£1 to £12,855

Procurement reference

tender_160052/646454

Published date

21 March 2018

Closing date

9 February 2018

Contract start date

1 March 2018

Contract end date

31 March 2020

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Not applicable

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Greentech Access to Innovation (Greentech A2i) project supports Greater London green tech entrepreneurs, start-ups and small to medium enterprises (SMEs) to develop and deliver innovative and environmental friendly solutions (services & products) by connecting them to academic expertise and state-of-the-art facilities at London South Bank University (LSBU). Co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and LSBU, the programme is free for participants and offers a range of support including, collaborative projects related to product development and testing innovations in simulated environments bespoke to individual businesses, along with core workshops, consultancy, access to networks and sign-posting.
The A2i programme officially started in October 2016, launched for registrations soon after, and is funded until March 2020.
Project outputs are:
- 120 SMEs assisted with 12-hours of support
- 24 start-ups or recently formed SMEs supported
- 50 SMEs working with Research entities
- 30 SMEs developing or launching new products or services to market
- 2800T CO2e saving over the course of the programme

We are seeking to appoint an independent organisation to carry out evaluation for the A2i programme. This would result in three reports to delivered electronically to be reviewed by the project team (LSBU) and project funders (GLA & ERDF).

- Interim reports to be delivered in Spring 2018 and Spring 2019 (Dates TBC)
- Final report due before March 2020 (Date TBC)

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Summative Assessment of Greentech Access to Innovation

  • Opportunity
  • Published 25 January 2018

Links

Additional text

All documentation can be downloaded from the esourcing site - link below

About the buyer

Address

103 Borough Road
London
SE1 0AA
England

Email

procurement@lsbu.ac.uk