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title: "QU214 - Innovation 'challenge events' and company-centric innovation support to increase business innovation in key growth industries in GBSLEP - AWARD"
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# QU214 - Innovation 'challenge events' and company-centric innovation support to increase business innovation in key growth industries in GBSLEP - AWARD

Buyer: BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-1c6f60d5-f2e2-428c-8efe-d14cb9929e0f

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## Summary

The Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership, represented by Birmingham City Council, has concluded the procurement process for the project titled "QU214 - Innovation 'challenge events' and company-centric innovation support", aimed at enhancing business innovation in key growth industries within the GBSLEP area. The tender process involved an open procurement method and was completed on 17th May 2019, allowing for proposals from various organisations. The contract period commenced on 1st July 2019 and is set to run until 28th February 2020. The project falls under the industry category of project management consultancy services, with a focus on consultancy and evaluation services related to business innovation.

This tender presents significant growth opportunities for businesses skilled in delivering innovation support and project management consultancy. Companies equipped to conduct challenge-led events and provide tailored support to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) will find themselves well-positioned to compete. Firms with expertise in fostering collaboration between businesses and research institutions, as well as those familiar with digital technologies, will particularly benefit from engaging with this initiative, which aims to identify and eliminate barriers to SME innovation and enhance overall productivity and competitiveness in the region.

## Notice

The Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership ('the LEP') is seeking proposals from suitable organisations to deliver innovation 'challenge events' and company-centric innovation support as part of a pilot programme, also including small innovation grant awards, to test and demonstrate effective approaches to increasing business innovation in key growth industries. The LEP is particularly interested in bids involving industry bodies/intermediaries able to bring both industry knowledge and contacts. The pilot programme responds to consultancy findings (Optimat 2018) which identified: * Industry demand for challenge-led events capable of stimulating demand-led innovation projects including via cross-sector engagement and collaboration; * A lack of company-centric innovation support in the GBSLEP area; * Need and demand for small scale innovation grants. The pilot programme therefore seeks to test and demonstrate effective models of industry challenge-based innovation activities, company-centric support and small scale innovation grants. Evaluation will be an important element of the pilot programme and will seek to identify learning as regards: * barriers to business innovation, particularly SME-led innovation, in key growth industries in the LEP area; * the opportunities and challenges for business-led innovation in key growth industries in the LEP area, such as those arising from emerging digital technologies; * the effectiveness of challenge-led approaches, company-centric support and small scale innovation grants in stimulating and enabling SME-led innovation in key growth industries, for example, by increasing awareness of innovation demand and opportunities in key growth industries, by facilitating opportunities for collaboration either within or across supply chains and/or with research institutions, and/or by reducing barriers to SME's engaging in innovation and/or undertaking innovation projects - either financial barriers or other barriers; the critical success factors for effective approaches and any barriers; and * the actual/potential impact of these approaches on SME productivity, competitiveness, turnover and job creation. The contract will be for a period of 9 months commencing June 2019 until February 2020. Registration and use of in-tend is free. All correspondence for this procurement process must be via the in-tend correspondence function. If you are unable to register with in-tend please either email us at cps@birmingham.gov.uk or call 0121 464 8000. If you are interested in tendering please click on the following link to access the Council's tender Portal:- https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/ and submit your details to register as a bidder. We will send you a log on and password so you can download the quotation. Your completed quotation should be returned by 5pm on 17th May 2019 via the 'in-tend' syste...

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b2183269-85ab-4620-96e5-6e124b555a66 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 2 Jul 2019 |
| Submission deadline | 17 May 2019 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 20 Jun 2019 |
| Contract period | 30 Jun 2019 - 28 Feb 2020 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| 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 | BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL |
| Locality | WEST MIDLANDS |
| Post town | Birmingham |
| Postcode | B4 7WB |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands |
| ITL 3 | TLG31 Birmingham |
| Local authority | Birmingham |
| Electoral ward | Newtown |
| Westminster constituency | Birmingham Ladywood |
| Delivery location | TLG West Midlands (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 2 |
| Supplier names | EXO PROJECTS; MIDLANDS AEROSPACE ALLIANCE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 72224000 - Project management consultancy services
- 79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services
- 79410000 - Business and management consultancy services
- 79411100 - Business development consultancy services
- 79419000 - Evaluation consultancy services

## Release History

- 2 Jul 2019 at 15:41 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b2183269-85ab-4620-96e5-6e124b555a66

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b2183269-85ab-4620-96e5-6e124b555a66
  2nd July 2019 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

## Notice URLs

- https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/

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