--- title: "The Mayor's Innovation Challenge" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-03b784" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-03b784" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03b784.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03b784.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "WEST YORKSHIRE COMBINED AUTHORITY" published: "2024-01-30" --- # The Mayor's Innovation Challenge Buyer: WEST YORKSHIRE COMBINED AUTHORITY Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03b784 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-03b784) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03b784.json) ## Summary The West Yorkshire Combined Authority is seeking providers for The Mayor's Innovation Challenge, valued at £2,000,000 GBP. This opportunity involves designing and delivering an innovation challenge competition to support SMEs, entrepreneurs, and start-ups in developing new solutions. The procurement method is an open procedure, with a tender period ending on 29th February 2024. This tender by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority presents a chance for businesses involved in services, specifically in business services like law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing, and security, to participate in creating innovative solutions. Businesses in education, health, social work, and community services may find this tender particularly relevant. The procurement stage is currently in the planning phase, and interested parties should anticipate further engagement opportunities. ## Notice The West Yorkshire Combined Authority is implementing its regional Innovation Framework which outlines a priority to drive forward a mission-led approach to innovation. As part of this priority, the Mayoral Combined Authority is seeking to appoint an experienced provider or consortia to design, develop and deliver an innovation challenge competition across West Yorkshire. This should provide SMEs, entrepreneurs and/or start-ups with a real-world, West Yorkshire based challenge or problem and the task of developing a new product, service, or technology designed to address that problem through a programme of specifically targeted support, coaching and mentoring. The selected winners of the competition will receive additional funding to develop their solutions and / or business ideas further ### Lot Information Lot 1 - The Mayor's Innovation Prize for Young People To deliver a maximum of two innovation challenges to a maximum of 30 individuals or teams of individuals per cohort, aged 16-26 with a quantifiable starting TRL of 1-3 for each innovation idea. Renewal: The procurement will commence March 2024 and will run for a minimum of 2 years with an optional 6 months extension. Lot 2 - The Mayor's Innovation Challenge To deliver a maximum of three innovation challenges to bring together the innovative ideas of individuals with commercially successful, regionally based SMEs to capitalise on these ideas and progress their development. A quantifiable TRL starting level of 2-5 is required for each innovation idea. Renewal: The procurement will commence March 2024 and will run for a minimum of 2 years with an optional 6 months extension. Lot 3 - The Mayor's Transformational Innovation Challenge To deliver one innovation challenge to a maximum of 20 SME beneficiaries for a minimum 12-month duration to develop and commercialise innovation proof of concepts generated by regional SMEs with a starting TRL of 3-5. Renewal: The procurement will commence March 2024 and will run for a minimum of 2 years with an optional 6 months extension. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003038-2024 | | Notice type | Planning Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning, Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 30 Jan 2024 | | Submission deadline | 29 Feb 2024 | | Future notice date | 11 Jun 2023 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £2,000,000 | | Lots value | £2,000,000 | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Active | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | WEST YORKSHIRE COMBINED AUTHORITY | | Locality | LEEDS | | Post town | Leeds | | Postcode | LS1 2DE | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber | | ITL 2 | TLE4 West Yorkshire | | ITL 3 | TLE42 Leeds | | Local authority | Leeds | | Electoral ward | Little London & Woodhouse | | Westminster constituency | Leeds Central and Headingley | | Delivery location | TLE4 West Yorkshire | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security - 80 - Education and training services - 85 - Health and social work services - 98 - Other community, social and personal services ### Codes - 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security - 80000000 - Education and training services - 85000000 - Health and social work services - 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services ## Release History - 30 Jan 2024 at 11:49 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003038-2024 - 30 Mar 2023 at 17:24 - Planning - Planning Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009373-2023 ## Notice URLs - https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=66922&B=UK - https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/103257 - https://www.westyorks-ca.gov.uk - https://yortender.eu-supply.com ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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