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title: "Summative Assessment of the Business Innovation Fund"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-03cfb6"
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published: "2023-05-26"
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# Summative Assessment of the Business Innovation Fund

Buyer: WEST OF ENGLAND COMBINED AUTHORITY  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03cfb6

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## Summary

The West of England Combined Authority has awarded a contract for the "Summative Assessment of the Business Innovation Fund" to Economic Research Services Limited. The contract falls under the services category, focusing on business and management consultancy. This tender, with a procurement method of Limited—Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition, was completed successfully on May 24, 2023.

This tender offers an opportunity for SMEs specialised in R&D consultancy to evaluate the Business Innovation Fund's delivery. The West of England Combined Authority is the buying organization located in Bristol, United Kingdom. The procurement stage has advanced to the award phase, providing a chance for businesses to engage in a quality-price bid evaluation process to secure contracts for service provision.

## Notice

The Business Innovation Fund supports SMEs taking forward R&D activity, summarised as 'the discovery of new knowledge that can be used to create products, processes or services to address an individual, group or societal need. It is where other solutions have not been considered, tested nor trialled, or where they have been, have failed, and a new approach is being attempted. The West of England Combined Authority now a seeks supplier to complete a summative assessment (aka evaluation) of the fund's delivery to date, ensuring that the final report meets with the external funder's/ERDF requirements.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The Business Innovation Fund supports SMEs taking forward R&D activity, summarised as 'the discovery of new knowledge that can be used to create products, processes or services to address an individual, group or societal need. It is where other solutions have not been considered, tested nor trialled, or where they have been, have failed, and a new approach is being attempted. The West of England Combined Authority now a seeks supplier to complete a summative assessment (aka evaluation) of the fund's delivery to date, ensuring that the final report meets with the external funder's/ERDF requirements.

### Procurement Information

We do not require the publication of an advert when procuring goods/services below the value of PS25,000 according to our Constitution, nor is it a requirement under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015051-2023 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 26 May 2023 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 23 May 2023 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £17,775 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | WEST OF ENGLAND COMBINED AUTHORITY |
| Locality | BRISTOL |
| Post town | Bristol |
| Postcode | BS1 6AL |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK5 West of England |
| ITL 3 | TLK51 Bristol, City of |
| Local authority | Bristol, City of |
| Electoral ward | Central |
| Westminster constituency | Bristol Central |
| Delivery location | TLK South West (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICES |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services

## Release History

- 26 May 2023 at 09:52 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/015051-2023

## Notice URLs

- https://www.westofengland-ca.org.uk/

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