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Innovate Your Business 2019-22

Highlands and Islands Enterprise

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

10 Apr 2019 at 01:00

PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice
Tender

29 Jan 2019 at 00:00

PCS Notice - Website Contract Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process for the "Innovate Your Business 2019-22" programme was conducted by Highlands and Islands Enterprise, located in Inverness, UK. This tender aimed to secure a supplier to deliver one-to-one support for SMEs across the Highlands and Islands, with services required from April 2019 for an expected 33-month period, extendable by up to three months. The total estimated value for the contract is between £140,000 and £177,000, and it was awarded through an open procurement method following a competitive tendering process.

This contract presents significant opportunities for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with expertise in business innovation and consultancy services. Companies that specialise in project structuring, collaboration strategies, marketing, intellectual property considerations, and securing funding will find this tender particularly relevant. By participating in this programme, successful bidders will contribute to fostering innovation among local businesses, ultimately enhancing their own market presence and growth potential in the region.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Innovate Your Business 2019-22

Notice Description

Innovate Your Business (IYB) is a programme offering one-to-one support to the wider SME business base throughout the Highlands and Islands. This tender exercise was to appoint a supplier to deliver the IYB programme, on behalf of HIE, from 2019 till 2022. The services will be required from April 2019 for an initial period of 33 months unless terminated in accordance with the provisions of the Contract, with HIE having the option to extend for a period or periods together not exceeding 3 months following the Initial Term.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Support through IYB takes the form of guidance from the supplier on a range of issues related to business innovation. These areas could include, but are not limited to, how to structure a project, finding collaborators, marketing and commercialisation, IP considerations and securing funding to take innovation projects forward. A large part of the work will be delivering one-to-one support. Businesses can benefit from up to a maximum of 2 days' worth of support, although not all will require this. It is expected that a proportion of businesses will benefit from 'advanced one-to-one' (i.e. greater than 4 hours) support. In addition to one-to-one support, a number of one-to-many events will be held. As well as directly supporting clients, the supplier will also have responsibility for reporting to the HIE innovation team on activity and will also be expected work closely with HIE and our marketing supplier(s) to promote the programme to relevant audiences.. Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 8 and 9 of the Procurement (Scotland) Regulations 2016.

Renewal: Option to extend for a period or periods together not exceeding 3 months following the Initial Term.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000570341
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=APR351031
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
PCS Notice - Website Contract Award 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

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

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

CPV Codes

72224000 - Project management consultancy services

79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services

79410000 - Business and management consultancy services

79996000 - Business organisation services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
£158,000 £100K-£500K
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£162,081 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
10 Apr 20197 years ago
Submission Deadline
4 Mar 2019Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
8 Apr 20197 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
Complete
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Highlands and Islands Enterprise
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
INVERNESS
Postcode
IV2 5NA
Postcode Area
Inverness
Country
Scotland
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
Local Authority
Highland
Electoral Ward
Inverness South
Westminster Constituency
Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Ritecom Ltd t/a True North Innovation

Further Information

Notice Documents

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