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title: "Strategic Contractor DDI City Deal"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000576608"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH"
published: "2019-03-07"
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# Strategic Contractor DDI City Deal

Buyer: UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000576608

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## Summary

The University of Edinburgh has completed a procurement process to appoint a strategic contractor for the "Strategic Contractor DDI City Deal", aimed at supporting the City Deal process in achieving its Data Driven Innovation objectives. This contract falls within the services industry category and is located in Edinburgh, UK. The procurement method employed was an open procedure, and the contract was awarded to Deloitte LLP, valued at £100,000. The contract was signed on 22nd March 2018, following a tender phase with bids being accepted prior to that date.

This opportunity could be particularly beneficial for consulting firms and service providers specialising in economic development, stakeholder engagement, and project management, given the focus on collaborative partnerships and innovative solutions. Businesses with experience in delivering strategic initiatives that enhance regional capabilities, especially those familiar with similar City Deal programmes, would be well-suited to engage in such tenders. Companies looking to grow their footprint in the public sector arena can leverage this project's scope to showcase their expertise and to establish significant partnerships within the region.

## Notice

The University of Edinburgh, on behalf of the City Deal partners wishes to appoint a strategic contractor to support the City Deal process to achieve its DDI objectives. Following work undertaken by the partners a range of needs has been identified on which the appointed contractor, working alongside the City Deal partners will need to work.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Following work undertaken by the partners a range of needs has been identified on which the appointed contractor, working alongside the City Deal partners will need to work. These include: Working with the City Deal Team to develop a narrative based on a common understanding across the wider city region of the scale of the City Deal Data Driven Innovation opportunity and in particular, in economic terms how it could be a game changer and of the world class city region assets in the city region that will deliver this. The kind of effective (that is to say deeply rooted, durable and reflexive) partnership working needed to maximise the opportunity is not easy to establish. And, whilst a good start has been made through the development of the City Deal, more is needed. The appointed contractor will work with the City Deal partners to ensure that the development of the City Deal projects is happening across and within and between each partner, with a focus on: Investigating best practice for collaborative programmes of this nature such as the Oxford Road Corridor in Manchester or the programmes and initiatives supported by the Wellcome Trust Consulting with all necessary partners and stakeholders (including national agencies, private sector and regional bodies) and to develop a stakeholder engagement programme and a narrative describing the economic and social potential of DDI in the region Creating a collective action plan supported by a model that effectively coordinates implementation as well as secures the buy-in of top leaders the private sector which needs to play a more effective leadership role execution capacity for delivering the wider potential for the City Deal creating feedback loops so that all partners know what is (and isn't) working developing proposals for the resources needed to deliver the outputs of this study (with a particular focus on the skills needed, and how they can be acquired or developed) and securing buy-in for the development of the capacity needed to implement the deal

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAR347552 |
| Notice type | PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 7 Mar 2019 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 22 Mar 2018 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £100,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH |
| Locality | EDINBURGH |
| Post town | Edinburgh |
| Postcode | EH1 1HT |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM1 East Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM13 City of Edinburgh |
| Local authority | City of Edinburgh |
| Electoral ward | City Centre |
| Westminster constituency | Edinburgh East and Musselburgh |
| Delivery location | TLM75 City of Edinburgh |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | DELOITTE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 66 - Financial and insurance services

### Codes

- 66171000 - Financial consultancy services

## Release History

- 7 Mar 2019 at 00:00 - Award - PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAR347552

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAR347552
  Strategic Contractor DDI City Deal - The University of Edinburgh, on behalf of the City Deal partners wishes to appoint a strategic contractor to support the City Deal process to achieve its DDI objectives. Following work undertaken by the partners a range of needs has been identified on which the appointed contractor, working alongside the City Deal partners will need to work.

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/procurement/supplying
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000576608

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