Notice Information
Notice Title
UK SBS PR19119 UKRI Innovate UK Newton Fund Digitial Incubation for Good (DIG) Programme Design & Delivery
Notice Description
**PROCUREMENT ABANDONED BEFORE CONTRACT AWARD** UKRI's Innovate UK intends to procure the services of a supplier who can design, organise and manage the delivery of a three-stranded programme to support an objective to partner with India to incubate digital start ups that can effectively address societal challenges. We are calling this activity the Digital Incubation for Good (DIG) Programme. This procurement will form part of Innovate UK's delivery partner commitment to the Newton Fund. The Newton Fund (www.newtonfund.ac.uk) aims to promote the economic development and social welfare of partner countries, by strengthening their science and innovation capacity through partnership with UK businesses and academia. The partnership with India is called the Newton-Bhabha Fund. This contract will be for a 9 month programme which will be run in partnership with the Indian Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and specifically their Start-up Hub (see https://meitystartuphub.in/). UKRI Innovate UK are seeking a suppler to act as the Delivery partner for Innovate UK activities working with India to enhance incubation capacity for incubating impact driven digital start-ups, both from India and from global developing countries. This is to be achieved through direct training for incubator CEOs and through a start-up exchange. The aim is to build partnerships between UK and Indian Digital Start-ups and with those start-ups and organisations from the other's country which can effectively address societal challenges across the developing world. The programme will have 3 strands; 1. Designing and delivering training for Indian Incubator CEOs, 2. Running an incubation programme for a cohort of 15 Indian start-ups, 3. Recruiting, preparing and sending 15 UK start-ups to India for an incubation programme there. Please refer to the specification and tender terms for the full requirement. Additional information: **PROCUREMENT ABANDONED BEFORE CONTRACT AWARD** As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, all Official Development Assistance (ODA) spending departments (and their agencies) have been affected by necessary decreases to budget allocation. The Digital Incubation for Good (DIG) programme is defined within the scope of these changes, which has resulted in UKRI having no other choice than to take the decision to abandon the procurement. CLOSING TIME FOR BIDS Is extended from 15/05/2020 14:00 to 22/05/2020 14:00 HOURS. DO NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE BUYER. All submissions will be assessed in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The contracting authority shall utilise the Delta e Sourcing Procurement Tool available at https://uksbs.delta-esourcing.com/ to conduct this procurement. All enquiries with respect to problems or functionality within the tool may be submitted to Delta e Sourcing on 08452707050. Please utilise the messaging system within the e-sourcing tool at the above link. Please note this is a free self-registration website and this can be done by completing the online questionnaire at https://uksbs.delta-esourcing.com/. UKRI Innovate UK reserves the right not to award a contract.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-48d0e51d-e02d-4b0c-99be-0ad1b3cb9b5e
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/81a18dce-7783-4f45-90d5-bec86418a27b
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Tender Suitability
- SME, VCSE
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
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- CPV Codes
79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 11 Aug 20205 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 22 May 2020Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 10 Jan 2020Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 22 Jun 2020 - 23 Mar 2021 6-12 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
- Contact Name
- Michelle Boulton
- Contact Email
- majorprojects@uksbs.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- 01793867212
Buyer Location
- Locality
- SWINDON
- Postcode
- SN2 1FL
- Post Town
- Swindon
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLK South West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLK71 Swindon
- Delivery Location
- TLK South West (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Swindon
- Electoral Ward
- Rodbourne Cheney
- Westminster Constituency
- Swindon North
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/81a18dce-7783-4f45-90d5-bec86418a27b
11th August 2020 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/039a7e5a-938e-4c44-9a7c-de18116b6b70
17th December 2019 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder -
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Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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