PS23189 The provision of data best practice and start-up business support services

Tender description

The final date and time for the submission of bids is Tuesday, 22nd August 2023 at 11:00 Brief Description of Requirement UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) requirement. Innovate UK's £60m Net Zero Living programme is supporting a range of competitions and projects to accelerate delivery of net zero across places in the UK. This procurement is looking to procure a partner to lead on the delivery of the following elements of the Net Zero Living programme. This partner will lead on convening and supporting projects funded through the Digital parts of the programme (Digital Accelerator round 1 and 2, and Digital Fast Start). This partner will lead on data related aspects of Pathfinder Places and Fast Followers projects. The Pathfinder Places and Fast Followers projects will have a main convenor, with service providers providing subject matter expertise and services into these projects in collaboration with this convenor. This procurement is for the data subject matter expert and service provider who will work with the main convenor for Pathfinder Places and Fast Followers. As part of this programme, Innovate UK is introducing a requirement for projects to follow and embed the Net Zero Living Data Guidance principals. This procurement require at least the following deliverables: 1. 1 x final public insight report 2. 3 x Competitions summary reports 3. A pool of 200 hours minimum for bespoke and tailored technical and business growth support to be used on the Digital accelerator competitions and fast start competition cohorts. 4. A minimum of 6 x 2 hours Net Zero Living Data Guidance workshops 5. Data best practice community of practice 6. Communication & dissemination events At a minimum, we expect this to include at least 2 online project show and tells (one at beginning and one at end), and one in person event. Please ensure you review all attached information to ensure a full understanding of this requirement. All attachments can be found with the Supplier Attachments tab within the Jaggaer eSourcing Portal. This contract will be awarded based on the evaluation criteria as set out in the RFP document. How to Apply UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) will be using the Jaggaer eSourcing Portal for this procurement. To register on the Jaggaer eSourcing portal please use the link https://beisgroup.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/ and follow the instructions to register as a supplier. If you are already registered on the Jaggaer eSourcing Portal and wish to participate in this procurement, please use the link: https://beisgroup.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/. Once you are logged into the system you will be able to locate the Procurement you wish to leave a bid on by clicking the ITTs Open to All Suppliers and searching for the reference number PS23189 Lot 1: The final date and time for the submission of bids is Tuesday, 22nd August 2023 at 11:00. Additional information: DO NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO BUYER All submissions will be assessed in accordance with the Public Procurement Regulations that apply to this opportunity. Responses must be received by the date and time in the tender documentation; responses received outside of the deadline or not sent via the Jaggaer eSourcing portal will not be accepted or considered by the Contracting Authority further for this opportunity. Interested organisations should ensure that they allow a sufficiency of time, prior to the deadline to allow all sections to be completed in full and any attachments to be uploaded. 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Closing date and time for Bidder to request RFP documents: Tuesday, 22nd August 2023 @14:00pm Closing date and time for Bidder to submit their response ('the deadline'): Wednesday, 23rd August 2023 @11:00am About UK Shared Business Services UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) brings a commercial attitude to the public sector; helping our contracting authorities to improve efficiency, generate savings and modernise. Where UK SBS is not named as the Contracting Authority within the documentation, UK SBS will be acting as an agent on behalf of the Contracting Authority. Our broad range of expert services is shared by our customers. This allows our customers the freedom to focus resources on core activities; innovating and transforming their own organisations. For full details of our partner base please review the following link: http://www.uksbs.co.uk/services/procure/contracts/Pages/default.aspx