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SMART - Specialist Support for Productivity and Design

Design consultancy services
Designs
Production management consultancy services
+3 more
Wales (UKL)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: Welsh Government: "SMART - Specialist Support for Productivity and Design". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityWelsh GovernmentScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Welsh Government
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Welsh Government. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
4.6Bids / Report
19.5% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 90 active published awards; 77 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Price reduction compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityWelsh Government
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published28 Apr 2022, 14:33 BST
Last source update28 Apr 2022, 14:33 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationDesign consultancy services, Designs, Production management consultancy services, Project and design preparation, estimation of costs, Specialty design services
Delivery area
Wales (UKL)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-030a0f
What is being bought
The 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.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. tender value changed
    28 Apr 2022, 14:33 BST
  2. Status changed to complete
    28 Apr 2022, 14:33 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    28 Apr 2022, 14:33 BST
  4. Submission deadline changed to published date
    28 Apr 2022, 14:33 BST
  5. Published value updated to £417,000
    12 Jan 2022, 14:34 GMT
  6. Status changed to active
    12 Jan 2022, 14:34 GMT
  7. Official notice release published
    12 Jan 2022, 14:34 GMT
  8. Submission deadline changed to 16 Feb 2022, 14:00 GMT
    12 Jan 2022, 14:34 GMT
  9. Buyer information updated
    12 Jan 2022, 14:34 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    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.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    28 Apr 2022, 14:33 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 26 Apr 2022, 00:00 BST · £417,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
ITERATE Design and Innovation
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£417,000 · signed 26 Apr 2022, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 3 (lot 1)
electronicBids: 3 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromEU: 0 (lot 1)
foreignBidsFromNonEU: 0 (lot 1)
smeBids: 3 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Welsh Government

Contracting authority GB-FTS-1044
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  • Welsh Government
    buyer

    Corporate Procurement Services, Cathays Park, Cardiff, UKL, CF10 3NQ
    gerrard.oneill@gov.wales
    +44 3000257095

  • High Court
    reviewBody

    Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
    +44 2079477501

  • ITERATE Design and Innovation
    supplier

    Unit 2 Severn Link Distribution Centre, Newhouse Farm Industrial Estate, Chepstow, UK, NP166UN
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