Official UK procurement notice
For the provision of User Centred Design (UCD) Research and Technology Organisation (RTO) Dynamic Framework (DF)
Authority: SATELLITE APPLICATIONS CATAPULT LIMITED (Public body)
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe Satellite Applications Catapult is seeking to establish a Research and Technology Organisation (RTO) Dynamic Framework (DF) to support the delivery objectives of our User Centred Design team.
As a regional consultant in Service Design, you will use your expertise to ensure satellite-based technologies are designed with a needs-driven rather than technology-pushed approach. You will support organisations in understanding who their users are and to capture the requirements of these users. Based on requirements you will support organisations to articulate opportunities for new products/services or the improvement of existing products/services providing expertise on the iterative development, testing and evaluation of these. You will work in key markets such as Agri-tech, Healthy Living, Intelligent Transport, Climate and Sustainability, and space enabled technologies responding to industry-focused challenges and opportunities.
CPV: Research and development consultancy services · Research and development services and related consultancy services · Research consultancy services · Research services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 10 suppliers · 17 bids on the busiest of 3 lots (1.7 per place) · 16 appointed (full)
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · no lot values published · a supplier may bid for at most 3 of themLot #1User researchCancelledRenewal
Developing a user research plan derived from project objectives and with input from key stakeholders; carrying out user research; analysis and synthesis of user research to define user requirements; translating these requirements into actionable data e.g. through user stories and communicating these outputs in a format that ensures all relevant stakeholders have a clear understanding so that they are able to make informed decisions based on user needs.
Lot #2Service and product designCancelledRenewal
Developing and evaluating service and product concepts based on user requirements. This may include developing service blueprints, user journeys, designing and facilitating co-design workshops or brainstorming sessions with relevant stakeholders and developing of scenarios or storyboards. It may also include wireframing, prototyping (using tools such as Figma, AdobeXD, Sketch) and then setting up and conducting evaluative individual and/or group usability/ux testing and feedback sessions of digital/physical products and prototypes at varying stages of the development process against specified requirements/scenarios.
Lot #3Business Innovation DesignCancelledRenewal
Working with business experts, technical specialists to support UK organisations of all sizes to develop new and existing services and products that utilise space enabled technologies. This will include running collaborative sessions to determine the most appropriate design interventions and strategies for different types of business; leading teams through business analysis and innovation activities; designing and leading opportunity exploration workshops with multi-sector delegates. These activities may be virtual and/or in-person. It will also include the analysis and synthesis of workshop outputs and the communication of results to stakeholders. (e.g. using tools such as Miro, PowerPoint).
What it takes to wini
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).
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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).
- “For the provision of User Centred Design (UCD) Research and…” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 10 suppliers, not a single contract.
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
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 19 Dec 2022, 16:09 GMT
- Last source update
- 20 Mar 2023, 15:19 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 3 Feb 2023 – …
- Authority reference
SAC-DF-003- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-008039- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-039289Find a Tender
Publisher note: (MT Ref:228987)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 3 Feb 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 3 Feb 2023, 13:00 GMT
Timeline
3 Feb 2023 → 4 May 2023 · 4 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown3 Feb 2023, 12:00 GMT
- Bids opened3 Feb 2023, 13:00 GMT
- Notice published20 Mar 2023, 15:19 GMT
- Bids must remain valid until4 May 2023, 23:59 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete20 Mar 2023, 15:19 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast3 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
All 3 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £333,333, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.
User research
- Signed
- 13 Mar 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Service and product design
- Signed
- 13 Mar 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Business Innovation Design
- Signed
- 13 Mar 2023
- Value
- ceiling above
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 · User research | 16bids · 16 electronic · 16 from abroad | 13 | — | — |
| 2 · Service and product design | 17bids · 17 electronic · 17 from abroad | 14 | — | — |
| 3 · Business Innovation Design | 12bids · 12 electronic · 12 from abroad | 9 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Public Procurement Review ServiceReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
16 commercial parties on the notice- &usFramework contractor
- AndthenFramework contractor
- Atlanttico LimitedFramework contractor
- Hellon LimitedFramework contractor
- Interrobang LimitedFramework contractor
- Mace & MenterFramework contractor
- Marvell ConsultingFramework contractor
- MimaFramework contractor
- ODIS Space S.L.Framework contractor
- Paper Design Studio LimitedFramework contractor
Show 6 more suppliers
- SYSTRA LtdFramework contractor
- Social OriginFramework contractor
- TPXimpact LtdFramework contractor
- The Public Service Consultants Limited (trading as The PSC)Framework contractor
- Unboxed ConsultingFramework contractor
- With Design Intent LimitedFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.