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title: "CR19064 Innovate UK Market Intelligence"
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# CR19064 Innovate UK Market Intelligence

Buyer: UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-18918035-54c9-40d4-9aba-c2bc03df352a

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## Summary

The CR19064 Innovate UK Market Intelligence tender is being procured by UK Shared Business Services Limited, with a focus on research and development consultancy services. This procurement falls under the open procedure and is currently in the Award stage, having concluded the tender period on 10th September 2019. The contract is aimed to support Innovate UK in acquiring timely market intelligence critical for strategic decision-making, with the contract period set from 1st October 2019 until 30th September 2021. The delivery address for submissions is located in Swindon, England.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in market research, technology analysis, and consultancy services. Companies equipped to analyse trends and provide strategic insights in various sectors would be well-positioned to compete. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) particularly stand to benefit from this contract, as it seeks to harness credible and authoritative intelligence to support strategic investment chosen by Innovate UK, thereby fostering potential growth and collaboration within the public sector.

## Notice

The final date and time for the submission of bids is Tuesday 10th September 2019 at 14:00 DO NOT apply directly to the buyer. All tender information MUST be submitted through the CCS eSourcing Portal. Brief Description of Requirement Aims and Objectives of the Project The ability to identify emerging trends, technologies and market opportunities is critical to Innovate UK's success as the UK's innovation agency. The aim of this tender exercise is to support strategic decision-making at Innovate UK through access to relevant, timely and credible intelligence about markets and technologies. Innovate UK employs industry and technology specialists with a breadth of expertise across sectors, market and technologies. In order to ensure the organisation's decision making is rigorous and evidence-based, staff at Innovate UK need to be able to access objective, authoritative and up-to-date technology and market intelligence on a wide range of topics. Objectives The objectives of this tender exercise are to: - Support Innovate UK in identification, prioritisation and selection of areas for investment through access to credible and authoritative intelligence on a broad range of markets and technologies. - Enable Innovate UK to keep abreast of relevant developments in technologies and markets. - Enable Innovate UK to identify leading countries, research organisations and companies in relevant areas of technology and innovation. - Ensure Innovate UK is aware of predicted long-term economic, societal and technological trends and their potential impact both globally and in the UK - Enable Innovate UK to investigate potential new areas for investment through access to reports, data and specialist analysts. Please ensure you review all attached information to ensure a full understanding of this requirement. All attachments can be found with the RFx attachments tab within the Emptoris System. This contract will be awarded based on the evaluation criteria set out in the ITQ / RFP document. How to Apply As part of the strategic alliance between UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) and Crown Commercial Service (CCS), UK SBS will be using the CCS eSourcing Suite for this procurement. To register on the CCS eSourcing portal please follow the details contained within the Additional Information section of this notice. If you are already registered on the CCS eSourcing portal and wish to register your interest in this opportunity please email; expressionofinterest@crowncommercial.gov.uk Your email must clearly state: * the name and reference for the procurement you wish to register for; * the name of the registered Bidder; * the name and contact details for the registered individual sending the email. Please disregard any content in this notice that requests your organisation "to apply directly to the buyer" as this unfortunately a system generated error, that is outside of the Contracting Authorities control. Additional information: DO NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO BUYER All submissions will be assessed in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, for procurement values that exceed Regulation 5 (Threshold amounts) Responses must be received by the date in the tender documentation; responses received outside of the deadline or not sent via the eSourcing portal will not be accepted or considered further for this opportunity. How to Register on the CCS eSourcing Suite If you have not yet registered on the eSourcing Suite, this can be done online at https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk by following the link 'Register for CCS eSourcing'. Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so. Once you have registered on the eSourcing Suite, a registered user can express an interest for a specific procurement. This is done by emailing expressionofinterest@crowncommercial.gov.uk. Your email must clearly state: * name and reference for the procurement you wish to register for; * name of the registered Bidder; * name and contact details for the registered individual sending the email. Crown Commercial Service will process the email and then enable the Bidder to access the procurement online via the e-Sourcing Suite. The registered user will receive a notification email to alert them once this has been done. The Sourcing documents can then be accessed on the eSourcing Suite at: https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk using the instructions detailed in the Specification documents within Contracts Finder. As a user of the e-Sourcing Suite you will have access to Emptoris email messaging service which facilitates all messages sent to you and from you in relation to any specific RFX event. Please note it is your responsibility to access these emails on a regular basis to ensure you have sight of all relevant information. For technical assistance on use of the e-Sourcing Suite please contact Crown Commercial Service Helpdesk: Telephone: 0345 010 3503 Training documents to support Bidders to utilise Emptoris CCS eSourcing are available in the Contracts Finder Tender documents section. About UK Shared Business Services UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) brings a commercial attitude to the public sector; helping our contracting authorities to improve efficiency, generate savings and modernise. Where UK SBS is not named as the Contracting Authority within the documentation, UK SBS will be acting as an agent on behalf of the Contracting Authority. Our broad range of expert services is shared by our customers. This allows our customers the freedom to focus resources on core activities; innovating and transforming their own organisations. For full details of our partne

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b8563be7-9f91-4f12-ba33-c695d4184d66 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure (below threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 4 Oct 2021 |
| Submission deadline | 10 Sep 2019 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 21 Oct 2019 |
| Contract period | 22 Oct 2019 - 12 Nov 2021 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £165,266 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED |
| Locality | SWINDON |
| Post town | Swindon |
| Postcode | SN2 1FF |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire |
| ITL 3 | TLK71 Swindon |
| Local authority | Swindon |
| Electoral ward | Rodbourne Cheney |
| Westminster constituency | Swindon North |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | FROST & SULLIVAN |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 73200000 - Research and development consultancy services
- 79300000 - Market and economic research; polling and statistics

## Release History

- 4 Oct 2021 at 07:56 - AwardUpdate - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b8563be7-9f91-4f12-ba33-c695d4184d66
- 4 Nov 2019 at 08:48 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b8563be7-9f91-4f12-ba33-c695d4184d66
- 23 Aug 2019 at 09:42 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/fb487815-a798-41b9-ba88-b756c34f9fbc

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b8563be7-9f91-4f12-ba33-c695d4184d66
  4th November 2019 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/fb487815-a798-41b9-ba88-b756c34f9fbc
  23rd August 2019 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/a6d5fd79-0be1-49f8-b17f-df5838231d73
  Biider Training - Using Emptoris
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/dd6b3fcf-1cb3-49c1-80fc-c77f24ed967e
  Bidder How To Guide for Emptoris
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/43f58074-b90a-4104-8282-6c8a6e5471cd
  CR19064 Invitation to Quote Questions
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/a1b3bafc-615c-4279-958b-4aaa596abf59
  CR19064 Invitation to Quote
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/25451de1-27b1-444e-8429-946dfe08df04
  CR19064 AW4.1 Terms & Conditions
- https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk
  CCS Emptoris eSourcing Portal

## Notice URLs

- http://www.uksbs.co.uk

## Provenance

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