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title: "Sector workshops"
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# Sector workshops

Buyer: UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-4f943c96-7edb-4cc5-bab6-6cf011e568d1

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## Summary

The UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) has awarded a contract for Sector Workshops. The aim of the tender is to drive new AI & ML solutions for an AI-enabled economy, benefitting various sectors like construction, agri-food, creative industries, and transport. Suppliers are sought to deliver workshops supporting industry representatives in identifying areas for AI & ML solutions. The contract value is £103,090, and the submission deadline was Wednesday 14th June 2023 at 14:00. The workshops will be conducted from 7th July to 6th November 2023.

This procurement opportunity by UK SBS creates a chance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprise organizations (VCSEs) to participate in driving innovation and productivity gains through AI & ML solutions. Businesses with expertise in research and development services, consultancy, and event management are well-suited to compete in this open procedure below the threshold. The industry category for this opportunity is services related to R&D and consultancy, with a contract value of £108,000 in GBP.

## Notice

The final date and time for the submission of bids is Wednesday 14th June 2023 at 14:00 DO NOT apply directly to the buyer. All tender information MUST be submitted through the Jaggaer eSourcing Portal. Brief Description of Requirement The overall aim of the tender is to support development of use cases to drive new AI & ML solutions to support the transition to an AI-enabled economy, capturing the benefits of AI innovation in the UK, and ensuring AI technologies benefits all sectors with growth and productivity gains. Innovate UK is seeking tenders from suppliers to deliver 4 workshops, one for each target sector (construction, agri-food, creative industries, transport) that will support industry representatives from senior management, identify areas within business operations that can benefit from AI & ML solutions. The aim of this tender exercise is to identify and appoint a supplier to provide on-site facilitation for 4 industry sector focused workshops to identify a long list of opportunities where novel applications AI & ML can drive improvements in business productivity and further validate this evidence with follow on research. 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 ITQ 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 GSS23363. Additional information: DO NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO BUYER All submissions will be assessed in accordance with the Public Procurement Regulations that apply to this opportunity. Responses must be received by the date and time in the tender documentation; responses received outside of the deadline or not sent via the Jaggaer eSourcing portal will not be accepted or considered by the Contracting Authority further for this opportunity, unless a system outage is experienced, to which the Contracting Authority will advise upon accordingly. Interested organisations should ensure that they allow a sufficiency of time, prior to the deadline to allow all sections to be completed in full and any attachments to be uploaded. As a user of the Jaggaer eSourcing Portal you will have access to the Jaggaer messaging service which facilitates all messages sent to you and from you, as well as other messages and updates in relation to any specific tender event. Please note that any and all information secured outside of the messaging service, shall have no Legal Standing, merit or worth and should not be relied upon by any organisation submitting a tender response. Please note it is your organisations responsibility to access these messages on a regular basis to ensure you have sight of all relevant information applicable to this opportunity. The Contracting Authority expressly reserves the right: i. not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice; and ii. to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the procurement; and under no circumstances as part of your organisations participation in this opportunity, will the Contracting Authority be liable for any costs incurred by any organisation as a result. If the Contracting Authority decides to enter into a contract with any successful organisation(s), this does not mean that there is any guarantee of subsequent contracts being awarded. Any expenditure, work or effort undertaken prior to contract award is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgement of your organisation in doing so. 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 partner base please review the following link: http://www.uksbs.co.uk/services/procure/contracts/Pages/default.aspx

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5e06bffb-8566-4d1c-8fa6-f7fd2947989e |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure (below threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 18 Jul 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 14 Jun 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 5 Jul 2023 |
| Contract period | 9 Jul 2023 - 9 Nov 2023 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £108,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £103,090 |
| 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 | THE PUBLIC SERVICE CONSULTANTS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
- 79952000 - Event services

## Release History

- 18 Jul 2023 at 09:39 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5e06bffb-8566-4d1c-8fa6-f7fd2947989e
- 24 May 2023 at 08:33 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/41585389-5c44-4b07-8a59-a7de55ee5fba

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5e06bffb-8566-4d1c-8fa6-f7fd2947989e
  18th July 2023 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/41585389-5c44-4b07-8a59-a7de55ee5fba
  24th May 2023 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/d4f03816-8f3b-46be-a8be-d671076913ae
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/470a6164-45a3-46b2-b70b-cd4701c43191
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/cc484102-a11e-4efe-9798-1ddf5d427b86
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/dc0136cb-03bc-4777-b46b-8eab7a5b32ad
- https://beisgroup.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/
  Jaggaer eSourcing Portal
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/SupplierAttachment/c051f659-bd08-4a16-85c1-4a3e32504e1f
  GSS2336 - REDACTED

## Notice URLs

- http://www.uksbs.co.uk
- http://www.uksbs.co.uk/services/procure/contracts/Pages/default.aspx

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