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# (NU/1745-9) Business survey for National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise 2023

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nu-1745-9-business-survey-for-national-innovation-centre-for-rural-enterprise-2023-ocds-h6vhtk-032064). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Newcastle University: "(NU/1745-9) Business survey for National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise 2023". Published status: complete. Dynamic Market Estimate: £15,000,000. 4 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 8 Apr 2022, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: procontract.due-north.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Newcastle University](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/newcastle-university-GB-FTS-95021)
- **Dynamic Market Estimate (lifetime call-offs):** £15,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 8 April 2022 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 4
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Actuarial services, Business analysis consultancy services, Business and management consultancy and related services, Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, Economic impact assessment (+10 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UK, UKC
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nu-1745-9-business-survey-for-national-innovation-centre-for-rural-enterprise-2023-ocds-h6vhtk-032064#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-032064`

## Before you bid
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- **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/nu-1745-9-business-survey-for-national-innovation-centre-for-rural-enterprise-2023-ocds-h6vhtk-032064#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [procontract.due-north.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fprocontract.due-north.com%2FAdvert%3FadvertId%3Df00bf000-9e9f-ec11-8112-005056b64545)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nu-1745-9-business-survey-for-national-innovation-centre-for-rural-enterprise-2023-ocds-h6vhtk-032064#participate

## Description
One of NICRE’s key objectives is to connect with businesses in order to generate insight into the circumstances of rural enterprises. This business focussed objective is vital to providing an evidence base for policy and support services for rural enterprise, and also to informing NICRE’s business engagement and development plans. At the heart of this objective is NICRE’s business survey.
NICRE has a requirement to conduct a telephone survey of businesses operating in three specific regions in the UK (the West-Midlands, South-West and North-East). The survey will focus on aspects of business resilience and planning for both internal and external threats. Interviews will last around 20 minutes and should be conducted with a member of the senior management team of each organisation. Survey coverage should be broadly representative of the business population and sufficient to allow for (sub-regional) spatial, sectoral and firm size analysis. We require that the survey include non-farming and farm businesses and we propose to over-sample farm businesses and those located in rural areas. We therefore envisage a sampling structure which covers size, sector and rural/urban location within each of the three target regions

## Lots (4)
### Lot 1: Business
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 66121000, 66170000, 66519600, 71241000, 72221000, 80530000
- **Delivery regions:** UK, UKC

- **Estimated Value:** £2,000,000
- **Description:** One of NICRE’s key objectives is to connect with businesses in order to generate insight into the circumstances of rural enterprises. This business focussed objective is vital to providing an evidence base for policy and support services for rural en...

- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 2: Finance
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 66121000, 66171000, 66519600, 66523000, 79311400, 79311410
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £2,000,000
- **Description:** Provision of objective strategic and operational financial advice. This may include identification of options with recommendations as well as implementation and delivery
•	Actuarial services;
•	Asset management including valuation, sales and disposal...

### Lot 3: International
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 71241000, 79400000, 79414000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £10,000,000
- **Description:** Provision of objective advice relating to strategy, structure, finance, management or operations on an international basis. This may include identification of options with recommendations as well as implementation and delivery.
•	Supply of internatio...

### Lot 4: Business advice to students and graduates
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 71241000, 79000000, 79418000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £1,000,000
- **Description:** Prestart, start-up, early-stage and later stage business advice for business founded by University students and graduates including:
•	Growth and scale
•	Stimulating and supporting innovation
•	Knowledge of business tools and methodologies e.g. lean ...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (8)
- **Award:** 003605-2023-NU/1745-2-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **INTO University Partnerships**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-69588`

- **Award:** 004228-2023-NU/1745-7-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Grok Global Services**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-178066`
  - Value: £100,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 008280-2023-(NU/1745-9)-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **OMB Research**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-78095`

- **Award:** 015502-2022-NU/1745-1-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Collider Health**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-54663`
  - Value: £14,400 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** (NU/1745-5) CAV Business Development consultant (Later Living) (active)
  - Award id: `020193-2022-NU1745-5-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Creed North**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-59672`
  - Value: £68,000 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** (NU/1745-4) Support for Due Diligence within Newcastle University Advancement (active)
  - Award id: `022445-2022-NU/1745-4-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Xapien**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-61401`
  - Value: £13,875 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 032039-2022-NU/1745-6-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Parseq Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-68300`
  - Value: £176,020 † (exc. VAT)

- **Award:** 033708-2022-NU1745-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **INTO University Partnerships**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-69588`

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

## Contracts (8)
- **Contract:** 008280-2023-(NU/1745-9)-1 (active)

  - Signed Date: 16/03/2023

- **Contract:** 003605-2023-NU/1745-2-1 (active)

  - Signed Date: 02/02/2023

- **Contract:** 033708-2022-NU1745-1 (active)

  - Signed Date: 04/11/2022

- **Contract:** 032039-2022-NU/1745-6-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £176,020
  - Signed Date: 01/11/2022

- **Contract:** 004228-2023-NU/1745-7-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £100,000
  - Signed Date: 27/10/2022

- **Contract:** (NU/1745-4) Support for Due Diligence within Newcastle University Advancement (active)
  - Signed Value: £13,875
  - Signed Date: 11/08/2022

- **Contract:** (NU/1745-5) CAV Business Development consultant (Later Living) (active)
  - Signed Value: £68,000
  - Signed Date: 20/07/2022

- **Contract:** 015502-2022-NU/1745-1-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £14,400
  - Signed Date: 25/05/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F008280-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-03-22T10:46:14.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-23T23:15:13.613Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-032064