Official UK procurement notice
SMART - Specialist Support for Productivity and Design
Authority: Welsh Government
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe client requires a business support service to complement the existing support offered by the Welsh Government (WG) Innovation team via SMART Innovation. Each business will work with a WG Innovation Specialist to plan innovation and improvement projects.
The service will support Welsh companies, who wish to improve their understanding and use of manufacturing systems and use of design. By adopting innovative manufacturing and design tools and technologies, businesses will be better equipped to be flexible in order to deal with high and low volumes and multiple product variants.
The Welsh Government has had significant success in encouraging and supporting businesses in the areas of innovation, R&D and technology. Current provision for encouraging and supporting innovation, R&D and technology in businesses, in all areas in Wales is via the SMART Innovation Programme which is supported by design advisory and manufacturing advisory services.
The aim of SMART Innovation is to support technologically innovative businesses, primarily SMEs, in the development of new products, process innovation and technologies, through new product development, design, manufacture and commercialisation of the associated Intellectual property.
This service shall complement SMART Innovation support which delivers advice and specialist support to help businesses with research & development, design, Intellectual property, new product development, licensing and commercialisation – resulting in the creation of new products, processes, services, technologies and new technologically innovative businesses.
CPV: Design consultancy services · Designs · Production management consultancy services · Project and design preparation, estimation of costs · Specialty design services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The Client is seeking to engage with quality providers to deliver a service that will…AwardedRenewalPublished value£208,500
The Client is seeking to engage with quality providers to deliver a service that will provide diagnostics and further specialised support to businesses in Wales. The successful provider will be awarded an initial 12 month contract with the option to extend for a further 12 month. An estimated budget of up to 208,500 GBP per annum has been allocated to deliver the contract.
The service will cover two types of specialist support:
- Productivity
- Design
The main objectives of the service are:
To support Welsh companies as directed by the Welsh Government, who wish to improve their understanding and use of manufacturing, continuous improvement and productivity tools, systems and processes by introducing relevant actions, technology and expertise.
To support Welsh companies as directed by the Welsh Government, who wish to improve their understanding and use of design tools and techniques by introducing relevant actions, technology and expertise.
To introduce new and enhanced activities in key areas to maximise support for commercialisation, Intellectual Property and high growth innovative enterprises.
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 (2)
- Technical: 80%
- price: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: 80
- Price: 20
- 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
- 12 Jan 2022, 14:34 GMT
- Last source update
- 28 Apr 2022, 14:33 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 17 Feb 2022 – …
- Authority reference
306/2021/2022- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-010968- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-030a0fFind a Tender
Publisher note: (WA Ref:120850)
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.shtml ↗
- Submission deadline
- 16 Feb 2022, 14:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Participation fee
- document
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 17 Feb 2022, 14:00 GMT
Timeline
16 Feb 2022 → 28 Apr 2022 · 3 dates- Submission deadline16 Feb 2022, 14:00 GMT
- Bids opened17 Feb 2022, 14:00 GMT
- Notice published28 Apr 2022, 14:33 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete28 Apr 2022, 14:33 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ITERATE Design and InnovationSME | £417,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 010968-2022-C306/2021/2022-1 · ITERATE Design and InnovationSME
- Signed
- 26 Apr 2022
- Value
- £417,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids · 3 electronic | 3 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- ITERATE Design and InnovationAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria