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# Circular Economy Gap Analysis

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/circular-economy-gap-analysis-ocds-h6vhtk-043c74). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** University of Exeter: "Circular Economy Gap Analysis". Published status: complete. Published Value: £180,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 25 Mar 2024, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: uk.eu-supply.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [University of Exeter](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-exeter-urn-133817)
- **Published Value:** £180,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 25 March 2024 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Business and management consultancy and related services, Economic impact assessment
- **Delivery Location:** UKK4
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £180,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/circular-economy-gap-analysis-ocds-h6vhtk-043c74#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-043c74`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/circular-economy-gap-analysis-ocds-h6vhtk-043c74#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [uk.eu-supply.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fuk.eu-supply.com%2Fapp%2Frfq%2Frwlentrance_s.asp%3FPID%3D78663%26B%3DEXETER)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/circular-economy-gap-analysis-ocds-h6vhtk-043c74#participate

## Description
We need the winning bidder to provide the specialist expertise necessary to undertake a mixture of desktop and client focussed research to deliver Circular Economy Gap Analysis reports, including but not limited to initial CE pain point and value chain opportunity mapping, diagnostic and prioritisation of potential interventions,  financial business case development, and implementation strategies and programmatic activities across a variety of funders and value chain  stakeholders. The winning bidder requires a track record in CE data analytics, modelling and quantification methodology, programming capabilities aligned to specific CE visualisation and modelling approaches and ability to link material and product data across value chain activities and vertically at sectoral and national scale. The winning bidder must be able to work at speed and to deliver effective results and outcomes against demanding client needs and expectations.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79311410
- **Delivery regions:** UKK

- **Estimated Value:** £180,000
- **Description:** The Exeter Centre for the Circular Economy (ECCE) is part of the faculty of Environment, Science and Economy (ESE) at the University of Exeter. Our multidisciplinary team undertakes Circular Economy (CE) research to support the transformation to syst...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Circular Economy Gap Analysis (active)
  - Award id: `018075-2024-1-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Returnity Partners GmbH**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-115882`
  - Value: £180,000 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Circular Economy Gap Analysis (active)
  - Signed Value: £180,000
  - Signed Date: 09/05/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F018075-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-06-11T15:34:10.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T06:21:36.295Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-043c74