Administration services

Tender description

Contract award notice: The National Aerospace Technology Exploitation Programme is intended to provide an entry point to SMEs who have not previously engaged in the R&T landscape to gain: — engagement with an end user to provide expertise and exploitation benefit to the SME through undertaking the R&T activity, — exposure to, and experience in undertaking grant funded industrial development work so that they can progress through the available support mechanisms. The scope outlined within this RFP is intended to deliver the aspects of the SME engagement, development and support that are unique to the National Aerospace Technology Exploitation Programme. Contract award notice: The National Aerospace Technology Exploitation Programme is intended to provide an entry point to SMEs who have not previously engaged in the R&T landscape to gain: — engagement with an end user to provide expertise and exploitation benefit to the SME through undertaking the R&T activity, — exposure to, and experience in undertaking grant funded industrial development work so that they can progress through the available support mechanisms. The scope outlined within this RFP is intended to deliver the aspects of the SME engagement, development and support that are unique to the National Aerospace Technology Exploitation Programme. The contract shall be 48 months in duration and cover the necessary engagement and development of consortia and projects to support 4 calls for proposals staggered at approximately 6 month intervals. Each call will result in circa 18 funded projects. Support shall be provided to the successfully funded projects throughout the project duration, and shall also include providing the necessary evidence to BEIS, Innovate UK and the ATI to support the decision and shaping of the remaining calls and future programme/interventions. This shall include: Working collaboratively with the BEIS, Innovate UK and the ATI to promote and disseminate knowledge of the National Aerospace Technology Exploitation Programme scheme to increase awareness within and outside the aerospace supply chain. Engage with the SME community across the English regions and devolved administrations to identify potential applicants and their technologies that may be suitable for collaborative grant funded projects under funding under the National Aerospace Technology Exploitation Programme. Engage with the aerospace supply chain to identify end user organisations to work with the potential applicants to develop high quality proposals suitable for submission to: National Aerospace Technology Exploitation Programme; need sufficient numbers to support the 4 calls and the successful outcome in terms of the number of projects funded. Chair panels with industry and regional representation to review proposals prior to submission to Innovate UK, providing detailed feedback directly to the applicants to enable them to refine and strengthen their applications prior to submission. Convene a National Strategy Board to support the continual development of calls for applications under the National Aerospace Technology Exploitation Programme, that can inform the UKART partners on funding decisions. Provide support and development opportunities for the beneficiary organisations to support their successful delivery of their funded projects, collecting and collating KPI data on behalf of the UKART partners, alongside any additional evidence of industrial support that can be used to demonstrate additionally to the programme. Provide the forum to support, disseminate and promote the successful outcomes of projects and provide exposure of the beneficiary organisations to the aerospace and cross sectoral communities. The budget expected to deliver the service detailed herein over 48 months is expected range of 2 900 000 GBP to 3 300 000 GBP, but must not exceed 3 700 000 GBP; including VAT. The contract will be for a 48-month duration, with 2 options to extend for a period of 12 months each, therefore the total potential opportunity is 48+12+12 months. The value of the total potential opportunity over 72 months is estimated at around 5 800 000 GBP; including VAT.