X_Site Support Services

Tender description

The Contracting Entity intends to procure a services contract for the provision of an employee incubation and commercialisation service for new venture exploration, experimentation and exploitation at ESB X_Site - in Dublin. Lot 1: Lot 1 – Idea Incubation and Experimentation Lot 1 – Idea Incubation and Experimentation • Creativity stimulation and design enabling the generation of new venture ideas (ideation) • Evaluation of ideas with the engagement of the relevant subject matter expertise • Design and delivery of Incubator Methodologies to transition new employee business ideas from concept stage to investor ready proposition status • Provision of all specialist mentors, subject matter expertise and incubation management • Content capture and creation on behalf of ESB for external PR and internal ESB usage • Formal reporting to ESB management on a regular basis to be defined including proposed KPIs for incubation • User & Customer Recruitment for customer empathy, problem validation and “learning” experiments • UX design, or similar expert support for prototype and wireframe development • Support for ESB X_Site throughout incubation • Deliverables from venture incubation - Experiment Planning and delivery, investment, timescales, partnerships etc Lot 2: Lot 2 – New Venture Commercialisation and Go to Market Lot 2 – New Venture Commercialisation and Go to Market • New venture experimentation and MVP launch and iteration • Design and delivery of a Commercialisation Assessment tool to transition potential start up from experimentation to establishment of a relevant commercial entity • Provision of mentoring, and subject matter expertise for new venture team • Stakeholder Management • Investment (funding) identification of potential partners/investors; ownership/revenue division and Revenue Model definition and projections • Pitching and documentation preparation • Grant application – source application and advisory • Intellectual Property protection and advisory • Formal reporting to ESB management on a regular basis to be defined including proposed KPIs for commercialisation & proposed governance approach • Support for ESB X_Site