This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

21 Aug 2018 at 01:00

Tender

20 Mar 2018 at 00:00

Summary of the contracting process

Scottish Enterprise is seeking suppliers for the "High Growth Start-Up Advisors Framework," aimed at enhancing support for companies with potential to scale their turnover in Scotland. The procurement process is currently in the Award stage, with contracts awarded to various suppliers across different sectors, including Energy, Life Sciences, and Technology/Digital Media. The tender was initiated on 20th March 2018, with a submission deadline of 30th April 2018 at 11:00, and contracts valued at £3,000,000. The services will be delivered across Scotland, reinforcing the regional focus.

This tender presents substantial opportunities for businesses that specialise in providing advisory services to high-growth startups, particularly those with experience in Energy, Life Sciences, and Technology sectors. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as well as larger firms are encouraged to participate, leveraging their expertise to meet the strategic objectives of Scottish Enterprise's Start2Scale service. Successful bidders can potentially build long-term relationships and increase their market presence within strategic industries critical to Scotland's economy.

How relevant is this notice?

Notice Title

High Growth Start-Up Advisors Framework

Notice Description

Scottish Enterprise (SE) directly delivers a variety of services and programmes through a comprehensive, differentiated account management service that provides strategic engagement and access to a wide range of specialists, products and services to over 2000 companies. The newly launched Start2Scale service is part of that account managed service providing end-to-end focussed, targeted and connected support for those companies and ambitious entrepreneurs to accelerate the journey from start up to scaling. The strategic objective of the Start2Scale service is to increase the number of companies in Scotland with a potential to scale their turnover to GBP50-GBP100M.

Lot Information

Life Sciences

Life Sciences High Growth Start Up Specialists will possess specific experience of working in the Life Sciences industry in areas such as: Medical Devices, Drug Discovery & Testing, Stem Cells; Diagnostics and Therapeutics; Industrial Bio-Tech; BioTools; Regenerative Medicine; Connected Health; Chemical Sciences and Animal Health.. 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.

Renewal: The framework duration will be 3 years with an option to extend for 12 months. The estimated total value detailed in this Contract Notice includes the one year optional extension.

Energy

Energy High Growth Start Up Specialists will possess specific experience of working in the energy industry in areas such as: Oil & Gas, Renewable Energy (e.g. offshore wind power, wave power, tidal power, solar power, geo thermal power, and bio-fuels), Smart Grids; Fuel Cells, Water and Heat solutions and Clean Tech (energy efficient technologies and carbon capture and storage).. 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.

Renewal: The framework duration will be 3 years with an option to extend for 12 months. The estimated total value detailed in this Contract Notice includes the one year optional extension.

Technology / Digital Media / Non Technology

Technology/Digital Media/Non Technology High Growth Start Up Specialists will possess specific experience of working in technology sectors and subsectors such as: High-tech manufacturing and engineering industries such as Advanced or Precision Engineering, Electronic Devices & Systems, Communications, Network Hardware and Data, Internet of Things, Wearable Technology, Information Technology and Digital or Creative Markets including Software, Internet and Mobile Apps, Music and Video Technologies, Electronic Publishing, Computer Games, Fintech, Informatics, Cyber Security and Digital Health & Wellbeing. Suppliers in this Lot will also require to demonstrate experience in non technology sectors such as Food & Drink, Tourism, Financial & Business Services and Construction. Consequently, this lot will likely require a higher number of proposed advisors than the other lots.. 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.

Renewal: The framework duration will be 3 years with an option to extend for 12 months. The estimated total value detailed in this Contract Notice includes the one year optional extension.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000536179
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG329054
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large, SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

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


CPV Codes

72221000 - Business analysis consultancy services

79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services

79410000 - Business and management consultancy services

79411100 - Business development consultancy services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£2,715,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£2,640,000 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
21 Aug 20188 years ago
Submission Deadline
30 Apr 2018Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
22 Jun 20188 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
42 months

Notice Status

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

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Scottish Enterprise
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
GLASGOW
Postcode
G2 6HQ
Postcode Area
Glasgow
Country
Scotland

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM3 West Central Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM32 Glasgow City
Delivery Location
TLM Scotland

Local Authority
Glasgow City
Electoral Ward
Anderston/City/Yorkhill
Westminster Constituency
Glasgow North

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
3
Supplier Names

BioCity Scotand

Edinburgh Technology Services Ltd

High Growth Start Up Specialists Ltd

Further Information

Notice Documents

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