--- title: "UK SBS PR17093 Newton Fund - Business Innovation Collaboration Programmes" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-b6dae26a-6b07-4574-bc3b-f1ba4b2c89de" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-b6dae26a-6b07-4574-bc3b-f1ba4b2c89de" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-b6dae26a-6b07-4574-bc3b-f1ba4b2c89de.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-b6dae26a-6b07-4574-bc3b-f1ba4b2c89de.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED" published: "2017-08-04" --- # UK SBS PR17093 Newton Fund - Business Innovation Collaboration Programmes Buyer: UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-b6dae26a-6b07-4574-bc3b-f1ba4b2c89de [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-b6dae26a-6b07-4574-bc3b-f1ba4b2c89de) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-b6dae26a-6b07-4574-bc3b-f1ba4b2c89de.json) ## Summary The UK Shared Business Services Limited is initiating a procurement process titled "UK SBS PR17093 Newton Fund - Business Innovation Collaboration Programmes," aimed at fostering innovation through collaboration between UK businesses and those in Egypt, Indonesia, South Africa, and Turkey. Currently in the planning stage, the procurement will involve multiple service contracts, with total funding estimated between £1.6 million and £2 million. Key dates include the engagement end date, set for 23rd February 2018, and a supplier engagement webinar scheduled for 30th August 2017 between 10:00 and 12:00 British Summer Time. This procurement presents significant opportunities for businesses involved in training programme services, particularly those with expertise in innovation and economic development in the specified Newton Fund countries. Suppliers are invited to propose tailored programmes that will enhance the innovation capabilities of local businesses, which can benefit from collaborative efforts with UK firms. Companies interested in international development, training, or consultancy services would be well-suited to compete for these contracts as they align with the initiative's goals to address socio-economic challenges while stimulating economic growth in the participating countries. ## Notice This notice is not a Call for Competition. As part of its Newton Fund commitment, Innovate UK wishes to procure the services of a set of Suppliers capable of designing and delivering programmes to stimulate and support innovation-focused collaborations between businesses from the UK and from the Newton Fund countries of Egypt, Indonesia, South Africa and Turkey. We would like Suppliers to design and deliver programmes that ultimately deliver economic development and welfare improvements to one or more of the four identified Newton Fund countries. The programmes should: 1. Strengthen the innovation potential of businesses in the one or more of the four identified Newton Fund countries, through stimulating and supporting their collaboration with innovative UK businesses and with the UK's innovation ecosystem. In particular, strengthen the ability of businesses in one or more of the four identified Newton Fund countries to deliver innovative solutions (new products, new services, improves business processes) to key societal and socio-economic challenges existing within the four Newton Fund countries. These challenges must be ones currently impacting the poorer, marginalised or more disadvantaged groups within these countries' populations, although they may have a wider impact upon the general population of each country. 2. Also deliver direct benefits for UK businesses and the UK innovation ecosystem, for example in terms of an improved understanding of the innovation-driven business opportunities in the four Newton Fund countries. We are not being prescriptive in terms of the design, format, content of, or numbers of participants covered by this programme. Rather we want Suppliers to show us how the programme they propose will meet these objectives, within the stipulated budget and timeframe. The logic behind the design, format and content of the programme should be detailed by the Supplier through the use of some sort of logic model (such as a theory of change). In order to support this activity UK SBS, acting on behalf of Innovate UK anticipate establishing a multi-lot service contract divided as in the table below, with the anticipated funding amounts as detailed. Newton Fund Country: Lot 1 Egypt Lot 2 Indonesia Lot 3 South Africa Lot 4 Turkey A Supplier may choose to bid to deliver one or more Lots. The total combined funding available will be PS1.6m-PS2m. We anticipate service contracts being up to 2 years or up to 3 years in length, depending on the country. Innovate UK will be holding a supplier engagement webinar in order to assess the market's appetite, concerns, and views on formulation of requirement. The supplier engagement webinar will be held on Wednesday 30th August between 10:00hrs and 12:00hrs British Summer Time. You need to register to attend the webinar via the link below. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2bcc8873-5d1d-4bcd-a0bd-7159af116d57 | | Notice type | Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 4 Aug 2017 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 23 Feb 2018 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | 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 | Planning | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | 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 | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 80 - Education and training services ### Codes - 80521000 - Training programme services ## Release History - 4 Aug 2017 at 07:48 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2bcc8873-5d1d-4bcd-a0bd-7159af116d57 - 4 Aug 2017 at 07:46 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2bcc8873-5d1d-4bcd-a0bd-7159af116d57 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/2bcc8873-5d1d-4bcd-a0bd-7159af116d57 4th August 2017 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://innovateuk.webex.com/innovateuk/onstage/g.php?MTID=e7f8591ab6652d674c460753592916ca1 Webinar Registration - http://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:306480-2017:TEXT:EN:HTML&src=0 Prior Information Notice ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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