--- title: "QU214 - Innovation 'challenge events' and company-centric innovation support to increase business innovation in key growth industries in GBSLEP" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-9cdca096-2caf-4ec5-94ad-2f960f0d10ef" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-9cdca096-2caf-4ec5-94ad-2f960f0d10ef" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-9cdca096-2caf-4ec5-94ad-2f960f0d10ef.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-9cdca096-2caf-4ec5-94ad-2f960f0d10ef.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL" published: "2019-04-23" --- # QU214 - Innovation 'challenge events' and company-centric innovation support to increase business innovation in key growth industries in GBSLEP Buyer: BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-9cdca096-2caf-4ec5-94ad-2f960f0d10ef [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-9cdca096-2caf-4ec5-94ad-2f960f0d10ef) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-9cdca096-2caf-4ec5-94ad-2f960f0d10ef.json) ## Summary The Birmingham City Council is seeking proposals for a tender titled "QU214 - Innovation 'challenge events' and company-centric innovation support to increase business innovation in key growth industries in GBSLEP." This procurement falls under the services category and is focused on enhancing innovation in key growth industries within the Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership (GBSLEP) area. The tender is currently in the planning stage, with the deadline for submissions set for 5pm on 17th May 2019. The contract period will commence on 3rd June 2019 and conclude on 28th February 2020, providing a nine-month timeframe for the awarded contractor. The geographical focus is on Birmingham, located in the West Midlands of the United Kingdom. This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses, particularly those engaged in project management consultancy, business development consultancy, and evaluation services. Organisations that possess industry knowledge and connections, especially those focused on facilitating small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in innovation practices, would be particularly well-suited for participation. The pilot programme aims to address barriers to business innovation and stimulate engagement through cross-sector collaboration, thus paving the way for competitive advantages in the evolving landscape of digital technologies and innovation opportunities. ## 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... Additional information: If you are interested in tendering please click on the following link to access Birmingham City Council's tender Portal. Delivery Notes Birmingham Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4acb06a2-7cba-41c9-b86d-12c1db428b8b | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Other - | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 23 Apr 2019 | | Submission deadline | 17 May 2019 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 2 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 | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | 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) | ## 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 - 23 Apr 2019 at 10:27 - TenderAmendment - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4acb06a2-7cba-41c9-b86d-12c1db428b8b - 11 Apr 2019 at 16:07 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4acb06a2-7cba-41c9-b86d-12c1db428b8b ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/4acb06a2-7cba-41c9-b86d-12c1db428b8b 23rd April 2019 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/aspx/ Additional information on how to apply for this contract ## Notice URLs - https://in-tendhost.co.uk/birminghamcc/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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