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Published 8 Sept 2022, 13:19 BST

Official UK procurement notice

CS22366 Healthy Ageing Catalyst Award Follow on Fund

Official notice

Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£800,000≈ £533k / year0.6% below published estimate
Submissions closed 14 Oct 2022awarded 11 Nov 2022
Awarded to Zinc Ventures Limited
Contract term 1 yr 6 moends 13 May 2024 · starts 14 Nov 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Healthy Ageing (HA) Challenge is one of over 20 programmes under the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund. The HA Challenge is a £98 million investment that aims to enable businesses, including social enterprises, to develop and deliver products and services that will be adopted at scale which support people as they age.

The Healthy Ageing Challenge is seeking a bespoke Follow on Funding package of support for up to 10 projects drawn from two rounds of Healthy Ageing Catalyst Award holders. This package will include a bespoke 6 month programme of support for the award holders and a further ESRC grant to the award holders of up to £100,000 for a duration of 6 months to support their further development.

CPV: Business and management consultancy services · Research and development consultancy services · Research and development services and related consultancy services · Technical training services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 1 yr 6 moPublished value£800,000

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
Quality: 90%Price: 10%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Technical: 90%
  • price: 10%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Technical: 90
  • Price: 10
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 10 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
8 Sept 2022, 13:19 BST
Last source update
16 Nov 2022, 17:23 GMT
Award evaluation window
14 Oct 2022 – …
Authority reference
CS22366
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-032568
Classification (CPV)
Business and management consultancy servicesResearch and development consultancy servicesResearch and development services and related consultancy servicesTechnical training services
Delivery area
South West (UKK)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0366f0 Find a Tender

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How it was run

Official notice
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Submission deadline
14 Oct 2022, 13:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
14 Oct 2022, 14:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

14 Oct 2022 → 16 Nov 2022 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    14 Oct 2022, 13:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    14 Oct 2022, 14:00 BST
  3. Contract starts
    14 Nov 2022
  4. Notice published
    16 Nov 2022, 17:23 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    16 Nov 2022, 17:23 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £795,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 11 Nov 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Zinc Ventures Limited£795,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • CS22366 Healthy Ageing Catalyst Award Follow on Fund · Zinc Ventures Limited

    Signed
    11 Nov 2022
    Value
    £795,000
    Period
    … – 13 May 2024
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawResearch Polaris House, North Star Avenue, Swindon, South West, SN2 1FLContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • UK Shared Business Services LtdReview body SwindonContact email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria