Notice Information
Notice Title
Northern Innovation Hub Food and Drink TechHUB Strand 1: Business Support Services
Notice Description
A contract has been awarded to provide the following services: The Food and Drink TechHUB project (TechHUB) is to be delivered across the Highland Council area as a project under HIE's Northern Innovation Hub (NIH) programme. The NIH TechHUB Strand 1: Business Support Services contract which will be required to align with, and complement, existing HIE provision and that of our partners, to provide business support, technical advice and events to develop an existing and growing network of Food and Drink producers and supply chain businesses (SMEs).
Lot Information
Lot 1
The key tasks are: - bringing F&D businesses together; - supporting businesses incl. brokering specialist/technical support; - raising awareness and increase implementation of new technologies and opportunities; - developing transformational local, national and international triple-helix collaborations between public sector, businesses and academia; - engaging with partners and stakeholders; - nurturing young entrepreneurs - provide complementary support to the relevant cohort(s) of IMPACT30 participants; - reporting, monitoring and evaluation. These services will be required from 3 May 2022 for an initial period of 3 years, with HIE having the option to extend for a period or periods together not exceeding 12 months following the Initial Term. The initial 3-year budget currently available to deliver this service was between GBP 325,000 and GBP 374,000 (excluding VAT). Additional information: Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in Regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Options: HIE may require the supplier to provide additional services. Any such modification shall be in terms of Regulation 72 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. See the Scope of Requirements and Tender Guidance Notes document for further information.
Renewal: The Contract will be awarded for an initial period of 3 years with HIE having the option to extend for a period or periods together not exceeding 1 calendar year following the Initial Term.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0307e0
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/011492-2022
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
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- CPV Codes
72221000 - Business analysis consultancy services
73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
73220000 - Development consultancy services
79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services
79410000 - Business and management consultancy services
79411100 - Business development consultancy services
80500000 - Training services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £524,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- £524,000 £500K-£1M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £521,895 £500K-£1M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 4 May 20224 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 25 Feb 2022Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 3 May 20224 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- HIE reserves the right to re-tender for these services upon termination of the contract or at the end of the contract period, including any extension period.
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- Highlands and Islands Enterprise
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- INVERNESS
- Postcode
- IV2 5NA
- Postcode Area
- Inverness
- Country
- Scotland
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- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM2 Highlands and Islands
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM20 Highlands and Islands
- Delivery Location
- TLM6 Highlands and Islands
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- Local Authority
- Highland
- Electoral Ward
- Inverness South
- Westminster Constituency
- Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire
Further Information
Notice URLs
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