This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Tender

30 Jan 2024 at 11:49

Planning

30 Mar 2023 at 18:24

Summary of the contracting process

The West Yorkshire Combined Authority is seeking providers for The Mayor's Innovation Challenge, valued at £2,000,000 GBP. This opportunity involves designing and delivering an innovation challenge competition to support SMEs, entrepreneurs, and start-ups in developing new solutions. The procurement method is an open procedure, with a tender period ending on 29th February 2024.

This tender by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority presents a chance for businesses involved in services, specifically in business services like law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing, and security, to participate in creating innovative solutions. Businesses in education, health, social work, and community services may find this tender particularly relevant. The procurement stage is currently in the planning phase, and interested parties should anticipate further engagement opportunities.

How relevant is this notice?

Notice Title

The Mayor's Innovation Challenge

Notice Description

The West Yorkshire Combined Authority is implementing its regional Innovation Framework which outlines a priority to drive forward a mission-led approach to innovation. As part of this priority, the Mayoral Combined Authority is seeking to appoint an experienced provider or consortia to design, develop and deliver an innovation challenge competition across West Yorkshire. This should provide SMEs, entrepreneurs and/or start-ups with a real-world, West Yorkshire based challenge or problem and the task of developing a new product, service, or technology designed to address that problem through a programme of specifically targeted support, coaching and mentoring. The selected winners of the competition will receive additional funding to develop their solutions and / or business ideas further

Lot Information

Lot 1 - The Mayor's Innovation Prize for Young People

To deliver a maximum of two innovation challenges to a maximum of 30 individuals or teams of individuals per cohort, aged 16-26 with a quantifiable starting TRL of 1-3 for each innovation idea.

Renewal: The procurement will commence March 2024 and will run for a minimum of 2 years with an optional 6 months extension.

Lot 2 - The Mayor's Innovation Challenge

To deliver a maximum of three innovation challenges to bring together the innovative ideas of individuals with commercially successful, regionally based SMEs to capitalise on these ideas and progress their development. A quantifiable TRL starting level of 2-5 is required for each innovation idea.

Renewal: The procurement will commence March 2024 and will run for a minimum of 2 years with an optional 6 months extension.

Lot 3 - The Mayor's Transformational Innovation Challenge

To deliver one innovation challenge to a maximum of 20 SME beneficiaries for a minimum 12-month duration to develop and commercialise innovation proof of concepts generated by regional SMEs with a starting TRL of 3-5.

Renewal: The procurement will commence March 2024 and will run for a minimum of 2 years with an optional 6 months extension.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-03b784
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003038-2024
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Planning, Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

80 - Education and training services

85 - Health and social work services

98 - Other community, social and personal services


CPV Codes

79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

80000000 - Education and training services

85000000 - Health and social work services

98000000 - Other community, social and personal services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£2,000,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£2,000,000 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
30 Jan 20242 years ago
Submission Deadline
29 Feb 2024Expired
Future Notice Date
12 Jun 2023Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Active
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
West Yorkshire Combined Authority
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LEEDS
Postcode
LS1 2DE
Postcode Area
Leeds
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLE4 West Yorkshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLE42 Leeds
Delivery Location
TLE4 West Yorkshire

Local Authority
Leeds
Electoral Ward
Little London & Woodhouse
Westminster Constituency
Leeds Central and Headingley

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