UK-Swindon: Business and management consultancy services.

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1) Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
UK Research & Innovation
UK Research & Innovation, Polaris House, Swindon, SN2 1FL, United Kingdom
Tel. +44 1793867000, Email: corporateprocurement@ukri.org
Contact: Corporate Procurement
Main Address: www.ukri.org, Address of the buyer profile: www.ukri.org
NUTS Code: UK

I.2) Joint procurement:
The contract involves joint procurement: No
In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law: Not Provided
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: No

I.4)Type of the contracting authority:
Body governed by public law

I.5) Main activity:
Other activity: Research and innovation

Section II: Object Of The Contract

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.1.1) Title: UKRI-2915 IUK Net Zero Living: Thriving Places Community & Knowledge Sharing Delivery Partner
Reference number: Not Provided

II.1.2) Main CPV code:
79410000 - Business and management consultancy services.


II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES

II.1.4) Short description: ****THIS IS A CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION***
UKRI wishes to establish a contract for the provision of UKRI-2915 IUK Net Zero Living: Thriving Places Community & Knowledge Sharing Delivery Partner

II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No

II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value: 1,920,763

Currency:GBP

II.2) Description

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):
Not Provided

II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code:
UK - UNITED KINGDOM

Main site or place of performance:
UNITED KINGDOM


II.2.4) Description of the procurement: ***THIS IS A CONTRACT AWARD NOTICE NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION***
UKRI wishes to establish a Contract for the provision of UKRI-2915 IUK Net Zero Living: Thriving Places Community & Knowledge Sharing Delivery Partner. The aim of this tender is to procure an innovative and creative collaborative partner that can co-develop and co-deliver the Future Ready programme to support the cohorts of local authorities in the systemic changes they need to deliver. The contract requires the provision of delivery of the programme to up to 50 places during the contract period from July 2023 to 31st December 2025. These services are to be delivered nationally, to places across the UK.

II.2.5) Award criteria:
Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 90

Cost criterion - Name: Price / Weighting: 10


II.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of these options:The value of this opportunity for the full the design and delivery of the services, to up to 50 places, is up to £2.1M (excl VAT). Contracting Authority would not accept bids over this value, and any bids above this value will not be considered for evaluation. The Contracting Authority have the option to add more places during the contract period which will run up to 31st December 2025. The max value of the tender including additional/optional requirements will not exceed £3M (excl VAT).

II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No


II.2.14) Additional information: Not Provided


Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

IV.1.1)Type of procedure: Open


IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement: No


IV.1.6) Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction has been used: No

IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

IV.2) Administrative information

IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJEU: 2023/S 000-008671



IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice: No

Section V: Award of contract

Award Of Contract (No.1)

Contract No: Not Provided
Lot Number: Not Provided
Title: Not Provided

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes


V.2) Award of contract

V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract: 28/09/2023

V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 16
Number of tenders received from SMEs: Not Provided
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: Not Provided
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: Not Provided
Number of tenders received by electronic means: Not Provided

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

Contractor (No.1)
Urban Foresight Ltd, na
The Catalyst, 3 Science Square, Newcastle Helix, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE4 5TG, United Kingdom
NUTS Code: UK
The contractor is an SME: No

V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: 1,920,763
Total value of the contract/lot: 1,920,763
Currency: GBP

V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be subcontracted: No

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3) Additional information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.
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VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.4.1) Review body
UK Research and Innovation
Polaris House, Swindon, United Kingdom
Email: corporateprocurement@ukri.org

VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Not Provided

VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Not Provided

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 28/11/2023