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title: "PS24128 Eastern Europe Accelerator Programme"
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# PS24128 Eastern Europe Accelerator Programme

Buyer: UK RESEARCH & INNOVATION (UKRI)  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-045623

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## Summary

The UK Research & Innovation (UKRI), in collaboration with UK Shared Business Services Ltd, is issuing a tender for the "PS24128 Eastern Europe Accelerator Programme" in the business and management consultancy category. The programme aims to support the commercialisation of energy projects in Eastern Europe and will run from July 2024 to March 2026. The procurement stage is currently active, with bids due by 17th June 2024, and involves an open procedure. The project will support organisations in both the UK and Eastern Europe, enhancing their technological and commercial readiness. The awarded contract is valued at £995,000 GBP, and the supplier will play a key role in enabling the projects to achieve their outputs in ODA-eligible countries.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses in the consultancy and energy sectors, particularly those with expertise in commercialisation services and international project management. SMEs, as well as larger firms with a global reach, will find this contract well-suited to their capacities. Companies specialising in low-carbon technologies, business support, and communication activities will particularly benefit from participating. The contract's objectives include increasing commercial readiness, bringing technologies closer to the market, fostering investment engagements, and promoting gender equality and social inclusion. Competing for this tender could provide substantial growth and collaboration opportunities within the energy sector for the successful bidders.

## Notice

*** Award Notice ***

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Below we have provided a high-level overview of the Scope of Services for this Contract. Due to the sensitivity of this work, the full tender information and documentation will only be provided to potential Bidders upon completion of the PS24128 - Eastern Europe Accelerator Programme - Non-Disclosure Contract - Not a Deed Agreement, which can be found within the Contracts Finder attachments area in the Contracts Finder Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7f0289c8-fea5-4bf3-9ea4-0f39012fe8 d0 If you are bidding as a consortium or shall be using sub-contractors all parties will need to complete and sign the NDA. Completed NDAs must be emailed to ProfessionalServices@uksbs.co.uk where these will be countersigned, and your organisation will then be added into the main Jaggaer procurement. Introduction UK Shared Business Services (UKSBS), on behalf of the UK Research and Innovation through Innovate UK wishes to establish a contract for the provision of an International Accelerator Programme for the Energy Team. This will include support for both the UK companies and international partners. Aims & Objectives The aim of the accelerator programme is to provide commercialisation services to sit along side some of our overseas energy projects clustered in the eastern European region, ensuring the businesses taking part in the projects are commercially ready as well as technologically ready. Although the accelerator programme will be optional for our funded projects, we would expect most or all of the projects in this portfolio to take advantage of the support offered through the programme. The support will be a mixture of supporting fundamental programme requirements with all projects, 1 to 1 business support, connecting to the wider industry as well as communications activities. There are four core objectives: 1. Provide core support to enable projects to achieve their project outputs in an ODA eligible country. 2. Provide business support to project leads to help them commercialise (no matter where they are in the world). 3. Engage with wider sector to help the organisations achieve their goals. 4. Provide communication and dissemination activities to demonstrate the meaningful impacts the programme is having. We are hoping to achieve the following outputs: - Organisations which have increased their commercial readiness. - Technologies that are closer to market. - A group of projects which feel like a cohort. - Investment engagements with companies. - Knowledge sharing between projects and the wider energy and government space. - Promotion of Gender Equality and Social Inclusion. - Impact which is disseminated globally. Background to the Requirement The Energy Access team at Innovate UK have funded a number of programmes within the ODA space. Its flagship programme, The Energy Catalyst, has committed over PS200m of support helping companies to commercialise low carbon energy solutions in both the UK and in Africa and Asia. The team have recently expanded to look at technology specific areas such as diesel genset replacement. More information on these specific programmes can be found here: * https://energycatalyst.ukri.org/ * https://www.ze-gen.org/ze-gen/ More recently we have started working with FCDO High Commissions in country to develop programmes specific for their needs and the portfolio to be supported through this work is the first output of this collaboration. The programme is focussed on supporting regions with historically high reliance on fossil fuels and the programme will play a part in helping these economies to re-imagine their energy systems using the latest innovations supported through this work. The aim of the programme is to accelerate the regional energy transition and ensure the resulting energy supply is low-carbon, affordable and secure. The projects must: * focus on the specific needs of the programme. * be an innovative technology or business model that is low-carbon, affordable and secure. * create energy resilience or build access to clean energy in the future. Scope The accelerator will support 13 projects for up to 21 months involving organisations predominantly in UK and Eastern Europe but with wider teams worldwide. The winning supplier must be able to support organisations no matter where they are located in the world to ensure the programme is fully untied as required under UK ODA rules. The duration of the agreement will be between July 2024 and March 2026 for a total period of 21 months. Due to the funding limitations, we are not able to extend the accelerator service beyond March 2026 and this should be considered a hard-stop date. This date also coincides with the end of the projects funded under this programme.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027227-2024 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 27 Aug 2024 |
| Submission deadline | 17 Jun 2024 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 7 Aug 2024 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £995,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £495,000 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | UK RESEARCH & INNOVATION (UKRI) |
| Locality | SWINDON |
| Post town | Swindon |
| Postcode | SN2 1UH |
| 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 | BANKERS WITHOUT BOUNDARIES |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services

## Release History

- 27 Aug 2024 at 09:19 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027227-2024
- 30 Apr 2024 at 13:36 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013906-2024

## Notice URLs

- http://www.uksbs.co.uk
- https://beisgroup.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/
- https://energycatalyst.ukri.org/
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/7f0289c8-fea5-4bf3-9ea4-0f39012fe8
- https://www.ze-gen.org/ze-gen/

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