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Published 17 Jan 2025, 12:26 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

SMART Digital & Productivity Accelerator

Official notice

Authority: Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government (Central government)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£277,500exc. VAT
Submissions closed 21 Feb 2025awarded 2 May 2025
Awarded to ITERATE Design and Innovation

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Client is seeking to engage with quality providers to deliver a service that will provide industry specific diagnostics and specialised support to organisations in Wales. To enable and support Welsh organisations to improve productivity and accelerate NPD through embracing digital technologies, employing an Industry 5.0 approach to create a more resilient and sustainable business base.

The service will cover two types of specialist support:

-Advice on Digital methods for improving Productivity

-Advice on Digital methods for accelerating New Product Development

The main objectives of the service are:

To support Welsh organisations as directed by the Welsh Government, who wish to improve their understanding and use of digital technologies and productivity tools, by introducing relevant actions, technology and expertise.

To introduce new and enhanced digital activities in key areas to support organisations to develop and commercialise new and improved products and processes.

The service will also introduce organisations to the Well-being of Future Generations explaining the relevance of the Sustainable Development principle and the Five Ways of Working.

The successful bidder will be awarded an initial 12-month contract with the option to extend annually for a further 2 years on a plus 12-months plus 12 months basis. A maximum budget of up to GBP 277,500 per annum (excluding VAT) has been allocated to deliver the contract with a maximum contract value available of up to GBP 832,500 if the extensions are enacted. Please be aware this is a demand led service, therefore there is no guaranteed level of expenditure. The maximum value is based on historical need for the contract and the maximum funding we have available.

CPV: Business analysis consultancy services · Business and management consultancy and related services · Business and management consultancy services · Business development consultancy services · Design consultancy services · Development consultancy services · Miscellaneous business and business-related services · Production management consultancy services · Project management consultancy services · Systems consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1This procurement exercise is being conducted on behalf of the Welsh Ministers to…AwardedRenewalPublished value£277,500

This procurement exercise is being conducted on behalf of the Welsh Ministers to establish a contract for Smart Digital & Productivity Accelerator. The successful bidder will be awarded an initial 12-month contract with the option to extend annually for a further 2 years and a 12 months plus 12-months basis. A maximum budget of up to GBP 277,500 per annum (excluding VAT) has been allocated to deliver the contract. Please be aware this is a demand led service, therefore there is no guaranteed level of expenditure. The maximum value is based on historical need for the contract and the maximum funding we have available.

E-Tender Information:

etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk ↗

  • The first person from your Organisation to use the Platform will be required to register on behalf of the Organisation.
  • Registration involves accepting a User Agreement, and providing basic information about your Organisation and about the User performing the Registration.
  • The User who performs the Registration becomes the Super User for the Organisation.
  • On registering on the Platform the Super User will select a Username and will receive a password.
  • The Password will be sent by e-mail to the email address that was specified in the User Details section of the Registration page.
  • In order to log-in to the Platform please enter your Username and Password.
  • Note: If you forget your Password then visit the homepage and click “Forgot your password?”
  • Registration should only be performed once for each Organisation.
  • If you think that someone in your Organisation may have already registered on this Platform then you must not register again.
  • Please contact the person who Registered (i.e. the Super User) in order to arrange access to the Platform.
  • Contact the Helpdesk immediately if you are unable to contact the Super User (for example if they have left your Organisation).
  • Note: If your Organisation is already registered on the Platform then you must not make any additional registration. Please contact the Helpdesk to gain access to the Platform.
  • Tenders must be uploaded to the BravoSolution portal by 2pm

How To Find The ITT:

  • Once logged in you must click on ‘ITT’s Open to all Suppliers’
  • The e-tender references for this contract are: itt_115062 - WELSH GOVERNMENT - C117/2024/2025 - SMART Digital & Productivity Accelerator.
  • Click on the title to access summary details of the contract. If you are still interested in submitting a tender, click the ‘Express an Interest button’. This will move the ITT from the ‘Open to all Suppliers’ area to the ‘My ITT’s’ on the home page.
  • You will then see the full details of the ITT in the qualification and technical envelopes along with any relevant documents in the ‘Attachments’ area.
  • Should you have any questions on the ITT, please use the ‘Messages’ area to contact the buyer directly – Please do not contact the named person at the top of this notice.
Delivery: Wales
Extensions: Option to extend for a further 1 + 1 years @ GBP 277,500 per annum with a maximum contract value of GBP 832,500. · Bidders will be awarded an initial 12 month contract with two 12 month extension options available on a 1+1+1 years basis, awarded annually for up to 3 years.Variant bids: not allowed

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: 80%Price: 20%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Technical: 80%
  • price: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Technical: 80
  • Price: 20
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. 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
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
17 Jan 2025, 12:26 GMT
Last source update
16 May 2025, 14:19 BST
Award evaluation window
24 Feb 2025 – …
Authority reference
C117/2024/2025
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-022263
Classification (CPV)
Business analysis consultancy servicesBusiness and management consultancy and related servicesBusiness and management consultancy servicesBusiness development consultancy servicesDesign consultancy servicesDevelopment consultancy servicesMiscellaneous business and business-related servicesProduction management consultancy servicesProject management consultancy servicesSystems consultancy services
Delivery area
Wales (UKL)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04d427 Find a Tender

Publisher note: (WA Ref:151026)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on Sell2Wales
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml ↗

Submission deadline
21 Feb 2025, 14:00 GMT
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Participation fee
document
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
24 Feb 2025, 09:00 GMT
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

21 Feb 2025 → 16 May 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    21 Feb 2025, 14:00 GMT
  2. Bids opened
    24 Feb 2025, 09:00 GMT
  3. Notice published
    16 May 2025, 14:19 BST

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    16 May 2025, 14:19 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £277,5001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 66 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 2 May 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
ITERATE Design and InnovationSME£277,500 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
6bids · 6 electronic6——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsGeneral public services Gwasanaethau Caffael Corfforaethol / Corporate Procurement Services, Parc Cathays / Cathays Park, Caerdydd / Cardiff, Wales, CF10 3NQContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High CourtReview body LondonContact 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