CSP25191 - Specialist Business Support Services

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                "description": "UK Research and Innovation, alongside UK Shared Business Services Limited will be hosting a Microsoft Teams meeting to further discuss this requirement before it goes live to the open market. This Market Engagement Day will be held on Tuesday 9th September 2025, time TBC. The session will last approximately 2 hours. In order to book a slot on this meeting, please can you provide the following information to CoreServices@uksbs.co.uk, marking the email FTO Abbie Cousens and referencing our unique reference number of CSP25191. Please note organisations will be limited to four attendees. - Attendee(s) Name - Attendee(s) Email Address - Organisation Name This notice aims to inform potential suppliers of our intention to procure and our upcoming supplier engagement event. The Contracting Authority is utilising this preliminary market engagement notice to: (a) make the market aware of the upcoming requirement (b) to better understand the market landscape of suppliers who would be able to deliver this requirement and (c) request that any interested suppliers confirm their interest in by Wednesday 3rd September 2025. Following the session, we will look to issue a market engagement questionnaire to those suppliers who have expressed interest to better inform our requirements. Any information supplied as part of preliminary market engagement shall not place any supplier at an advantage in a potential procurement process.",
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        "description": "The final date and time for the submission of bids is Monday 24th November 2025 at 11:00AM. DO NOT apply directly to the buyer. All tender information MUST be submitted through the Jaggaer eSourcing Portal. Brief Description of Requirement STFC wishes to procure specialist business support services to support its Incubation Programmes. These services include (i) specialist training (ii) consultancy (iii) commercial coaching for business founders, including developing a high-performing team. The services would be delivered to third-party startups that are incubated in STFC's Programmes. Please ensure you review all attached information to ensure a full understanding of this requirement. All attachments can be found with the Supplier Attachments tab within the Jaggaer eSourcing Portal. This contract will be awarded based on the evaluation criteria as set out in the RFP document. How to Apply UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) will be using the Jaggaer eSourcing Portal for this procurement. To register on the Jaggaer eSourcing portal please use the link https://beisgroup.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/ and follow the instructions to register as a supplier. If you are already registered on the Jaggaer eSourcing Portal and wish to participate in this procurement, please use the link: https://beisgroup.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/. Once you are logged into the system you will be able to locate the Procurement you wish to leave a bid on by clicking the ITTs Open to All Suppliers and searching for the reference number itt_2293.",
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