Notice Information
Notice Title
Innovation Assessment
Notice Description
Durham University is the lead HEI and budget holder for the Northern Accelerator project; a high profile collaboration with Newcastle, Northumbria and Sunderland universities which has been awarded PS4.9m from the UK Government's Connecting Capabilities Fund as part of the Industrial Strategy. The project will deliver a step change in commercialising research from the four partner universities. The Northern Accelerator programme wishes to contract with an experienced external partner to deliver innovation and business assessments of emerging spin outs and major licensing opportunities arising from the programme. To support the creation and long-term success of spin outs we wish to procure an experienced specialist organisation able to assess business strengths and weaknesses across a range of different factors. The purpose of these assessments will be to determine business readiness and key areas that need to be addressed in any subsequent business development and must include, as a minimum, detailed assessment of: 1. Product offering and design 2. Underpinning technology 3. Underpinning IP 4. Market 5. Product pricing strategy 6. Legislative and regulatory impacts upon commercialisation 7. Supply chain and route to customer 8. Management team and expertise 9. Business Financing Please note this is an award notice and the University is not taking expressions of interest for this work.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-209493c8-6756-4bc4-9337-49f3d4e28e71
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/acdebad2-ba14-4f21-9d54-66c2c68e5f76
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure (below threshold)
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
-
- CPV Codes
73200000 - Research and development consultancy services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £154,500 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £154,500 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 8 Feb 20197 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 25 Jan 2019Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 8 Feb 20197 years ago
- Contract Period
- 1 Mar 2019 - 28 Feb 2021 2-3 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DURHAM UNIVERSITY
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- DURHAM
- Postcode
- DH1 3LE
- Post Town
- Durham
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLC North East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLC41 Durham
- Delivery Location
- TLC North East (England)
-
- Local Authority
- County Durham
- Electoral Ward
- Durham South
- Westminster Constituency
- City of Durham
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/acdebad2-ba14-4f21-9d54-66c2c68e5f76
8th February 2019 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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