Official UK procurement notice
(NU/1433-39) EcoTech Devices: The Provision of Business Consultancy to Assist Commercialisation of University Research.
Authority: Newcastle University (Education)·Consortium: 6 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Northumbria University team have developed two complementary ecotechnologies (namely, Solar2water and OptimumAirCon) though they may be targeting different market applications. Solar2water is an innovative atmospheric water generator (AWG) while OptimumAirCon is an innovative indirect evaporative cooling system (IEC).
The aim is to create a spin-out company ‘EcoTech Devices Limited’ which will market and sell products globally (esp. in hot climatic regions and/or off-grid requirement scenarios) based on the two ecotechnologies.
The initial brief of the executive will be to:
(1) Produce a viable 5 year business plan;
(2) Obtain university approval for the venture;
a. Act for the company in the spin-out legal process and address all company formation matters;
b. Provide to the appropriate university all matters necessary for Research England reporting requirements;
(3) Finalise market-ready product spec and validate TAM (Total Addressable Market)
(4) Engage with angels/VCs to attempt funding and promote to international partners
CPV: Business and management consultancy and related services
How this dynamic market works
From the published notice- Type
- Dynamic market
- Bids received
- 1 bids received · 1 suppliers appointed
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The Northumbria University team have developed two complementary ecotechnologies…Awarded
The Northumbria University team have developed two complementary ecotechnologies (namely, Solar2water and OptimumAirCon) though they may be targeting different market applications. Solar2water is an innovative atmospheric water generator (AWG) while OptimumAirCon is an innovative indirect evaporative cooling system (IEC). The aim is to create a spin-out company ‘EcoTech Devices Limited’ which will market and sell products globally (esp. in hot climatic regions and/or off-grid requirement scenarios) based on the two ecotechnologies.
The initial brief of the executive will be to:
(1) Produce a viable 5 year business plan;
(2) Obtain university approval for the venture;
a. Act for the company in the spin-out legal process and address all company formation matters;
b. Provide to the appropriate university all matters necessary for Research England reporting requirements;
(3) Finalise market-ready product spec and validate TAM (Total Addressable Market)
(4) Engage with angels/VCs to attempt funding and promote to international partners
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).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Quality: Ability to meet the Job description: 60%
- Equity: 15%
- price: 25%
Published award criteria (5)
- Ability to meet the required programme: Pass/Fail
- Quality: Ability to meet the Job description: 60
- Equity: 15
- Formal Appointment:: Pass/Fail
- Price: 25%
- Price carries 25 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “(NU/1433-39) EcoTech Devices: The Provision of Business Consultancy to…” is a dynamic market: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Restricted 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
- Dynamic market
- Who may use this agreement
- Any qualifying supplier may apply while the market is open
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 12 Jan 2023, 09:39 GMT
- Last source update
- 12 Jan 2023, 09:39 GMT
- Authority reference
DN638704- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-000906- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0396c6Find a Tender
- Review procedure
The University will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the
contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the
award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days,
provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the
contract is entered into.
The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 2015 No 102) provide for aggrieved parties who
have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High
Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) within 30 days of knowledge or constructive
knowledge of breach.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this dynamic market without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 000906-2023-(NU/1433-39)-1
- Signed
- 21 Dec 2022
- Value
- £30,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
7 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Durham UniversityContracting authority
- Northumbria University Newcastle NewcastleContracting authority
- Teesside UniversityContracting authority
- University of Bath on behalf of the SETsquaredContracting authority
- University of SunderlandContracting authority
- European UnionFunder
Suppliers admitted to the dynamic market
1 commercial party on the notice- IP2ImpactAdmitted to the market
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.