Notice Information
Notice Title
ID 5448827 Invest NI - Development and Delivery of the Invest NI Going Dutch Programme
Notice Description
Invest NI in recognising the challenge for SME's and in particular Early-Stage Exporters to grow outside Northern Ireland, wish to appoint a Contractor for the design and development of the "Going Dutch Programme" that will support and develop the capability of our companies, giving them the confidence, ambition, knowledge and skills required to develop new external and export markets for the first time. As a result, Invest NI is seeking to appoint a Supplier for the development, delivery and management of the programme for an initial period of 24 months from the date of appointment, with the option to extend for two further periods of 24 months and 12 months respectively, with an anticipated launch date in financial quarter 4, 2024/25. Please see the Specification Schedule for further information.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Invest NI in recognising the challenge for SME's and in particular Early-Stage Exporters to grow outside Northern Ireland, wish to appoint a Contractor for the design and development of the "Going Dutch Programme" that will support and develop the capability of our companies, giving them the confidence, ambition, knowledge and skills required to develop new external and export markets for the first time. As a result, Invest NI is seeking to appoint a Supplier for the development, delivery and management of the programme for an initial period of 24 months from the date of appointment, with the option to extend for two further periods of 24 months and 12 months respectively, with an anticipated launch date in financial quarter 4, 2024/25. Please see the Specification Schedule for further information.
Options: The initial contract period will run for a period of up to 24 months with a first option to extend for up to 24 months and a second optional extension period of up to 12 months.
Renewal: As per contract documents
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04c11d
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012780-2025
- 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
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
66 - Financial and insurance services
73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
75 - Administration, defence and social security services
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
80 - Education and training services
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- CPV Codes
66100000 - Banking and investment services
66150000 - Financial markets administration services
73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
73100000 - Research and experimental development services
73200000 - Research and development consultancy services
73210000 - Research consultancy services
73220000 - Development consultancy services
73400000 - Research and Development services on security and defence materials
75000000 - Administration, defence and social security services
75110000 - General public services
75111100 - Executive services
75111200 - Legislative services
75120000 - Administrative services of agencies
75130000 - Supporting services for the government
75200000 - Provision of services to the community
75210000 - Foreign affairs and other services
79310000 - Market research services
79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services
79410000 - Business and management consultancy services
79413000 - Marketing management consultancy services
80532000 - Management training services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £924,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- £924,000 £500K-£1M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £85,585 Under £100K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 3 Apr 202510 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 15 Jan 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 2 Apr 202510 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- INVEST NORTHERN IRELAND
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BELFAST
- Postcode
- BT2 7ES
- Post Town
- Northern Ireland
- Country
- Northern Ireland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLN Northern Ireland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLN0 Northern Ireland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLN06 Belfast
- Delivery Location
- TLN Northern Ireland
-
- Local Authority
- Belfast
- Electoral Ward
- Central
- Westminster Constituency
- Belfast South and Mid Down
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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