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Published 4 Aug 2023, 17:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

UKSPF: E19 - Innovation Ecosystem Navigation Service

Official notice

Authority: Greater Manchester Combined Authority (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£5,775,000exc. VAT
Submissions closed 14 Sept 2023awarded 10 Nov 2023
Awarded to GM Business Support Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

GMCA is looking to establish a new, specialised innovation ecosystem development service to deliver the UKSPF Supporting Local Business investment priority E19.

The GM model for the delivery of the E19 Intervention is focused on making the City Region’s complex innovation eco-system easier to access and more navigable for businesses, increasing the numbers of SME’s engaging with the support it offers, and accelerating their innovation journey by removing barriers to accessing that support.

Based on a rapid review of the evidence and evaluation base regarding innovation-focussed business support, and the feedback of consultees across a range of sessions and conversations, GMCA has outlined in the specification the desired model for the delivery of this intervention, consisting of three key components:

  • Engagement with innovative and innovation-ready businesses and brokerage across the innovation ecosystem

-Accelerating the innovation processes of businesses via engagement with and accessing assets and resources in the ecosystem

-Flexible financial support fund

CPV: Building and facilities management services · Business organisation services · Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security · Business travel services · Coaching services · Contract administration services · Library management services · Miscellaneous business and business-related services · Scanning and invoicing services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£5,775,000

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: 95%Price: 5%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Technical Capacity: 95%
  • price: 5%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Technical Capacity: 95
  • Price: 5
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 5 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 0.5 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
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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
4 Aug 2023, 17:05 BST
Last source update
10 Nov 2023, 15:03 GMT
Award evaluation window
14 Sept 2023 – …
Authority reference
DN683200
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-033325
Classification (CPV)
Building and facilities management servicesBusiness organisation servicesBusiness services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and securityBusiness travel servicesCoaching servicesContract administration servicesLibrary management servicesMiscellaneous business and business-related servicesScanning and invoicing services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03ed58 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Submission deadline
14 Sept 2023, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
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Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
14 Sept 2023, 12:30 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

14 Sept 2023 → 10 Nov 2023 · 3 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    14 Sept 2023, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    14 Sept 2023, 12:30 BST
  3. Notice published
    10 Nov 2023, 15:03 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    10 Nov 2023, 15:03 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £5,775,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 21 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 10 Nov 2023
Awarded toValueDateStatus
GM Business Support Ltd£5,775,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services GMCA Offices, 1st Floor, Churchgate House, 56 Oxford Street, Manchester, UK, M1 6EUContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • The Royal Court of Justice (High Court)Review body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.