CS22123 - BEIS - Queens Awards Assessment Services

Tender description

***THIS FUTURE OPPORTUNITY NOTICE IS TO NOTIFY SUPPLIERS OF AN UPCOMING REQUIREMENT THE DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS ENERGY AND INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY WILL BE LAUNCHING DURING JUNE 2022. THIS NOTICE IS TO PROVIDE THE MARKET EARLY NOTIFICATION OF THE REQUIREMENT COMING TO THE MARKET TO ALLOW PREPARATION*** Summary 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 Show less description 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 3-year contract to support the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 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. We aim to appoint one successful supplier per Lot. The award of this Contract will be based on 4 Lots: Lot 1; Innovation Application Appraisal Lot 2; International Trade Application Appraisal Lot 3; Promoting Opportunity Application Appraisal Lot 4; Sustainable Development Application Appraisal Estimated value of opportunity - £799,200.00 including VAT, this value is over 3 years and is further broken down into funding allocated to each Lot, further details of this will be provided in the tender opportunity. Anticipated Timeline: · Tender Launch - week commencing 6th June 2022 · Contract Start - Mid August 2022 Should you have any further questions in relation to this opportunity please send these to coreservices@uksbs.co.uk and where possible these can be answered. For further information on the lot structure and requirements please refer to the supporting information uploaded as attachments on the corresponding Contracts Finder notice under the following reference number ' CS22123 '. For the avoidance of doubt, this notice is not a Call for Competition; a Contract Notice will be issued as a Call for Competition Lot 1: CS22123-01 Innovation Application Appraisal Lot 1; Innovation 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 Further information on the objectives, requirements and background of the Queens Award can be found on the corresponding Contracts Finder Notice by searching our unique reference number ' CS22123 ' in Contracts Finder. Lot 2: CS22123-02 - International Trade Application Appraisal Lot 2; International Trade Application Appraisal International Trade - recognising companies that have demonstrated substantial growth in overseas earnings and in commercial success relative to the business size and sector. Further information on the objectives, requirements and background of the Queens Award can be found on the corresponding Contracts Finder Notice by searching our unique reference number ' CS22123 ' in Contracts Finder. Lot 3: CS22123-03 - Promoting Opportunity Application Appraisal Lot 3; Promoting Opportunity Application Appraisal Promoting Opportunity (through social mobility) - for social mobility programmes that help people from disadvantaged backgrounds into successful working lives. Further information on the objectives, requirements and background of the Queens Award can be found on the corresponding Contracts Finder Notice by searching our unique reference number ' CS22123 ' in Contracts Finder. Lot 4: CS22123-04 - Sustainable Development Application Appraisal Lot 4; Sustainable Development Application Appraisal 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. Further information on the objectives, requirements and background of the Queens Award can be found on the corresponding Contracts Finder Notice by searching our unique reference number ' CS22123 ' in Contracts Finder.