Evaluation consultancy services

Tender description

The Queen's Awards for Enterprise are the UK's most prestigious awards for businesses. The Awards recognise and reward outstanding achievement by UK companies. They are managed by the Queen's Awards Office (QAO) in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) https://www.gov.uk/queens-awards-for-enterprise Awards are presented in four separate categories. The aim of the tender exercise is to establish a 1-year contract with the option to extend for a further 2 years (1 + 1 + 1) to support the BEIS to procure contractor(s) to provide technical assessment services for the four Queen's Awards categories. Tenderers are invited to bid for one or more lots. One successful supplier will be appointed per lot; technical assessment services may be contracted under the following categories: Lot 1: Innovation Application Appraisal, Lot 2: International Trade Application Appraisal, Lot 3: Promoting Opportunity Application Appraisal, Lot 4: Sustainable Development Application Appraisal. Innovation — recognising companies that have demonstrated commercial success through: — invention, design, production (in respect of goods); — performance (in respect of services, including advice); — marketing, distribution, after sale support of goods or services. International trade — recognising companies that have demonstrated substantial growth in overseas earnings and in commercial success relative to the business size and sector. Promoting opportunity (through social mobility) — for social mobility programmes that help people from disadvantaged backgrounds into successful working lives. Sustainable development — recognising companies that have developed commercially successful products, services and approaches to management which have major benefits for the environment, society and the economy.