UK Research & Innovation: UKRI- 3994 Delivery Partner for MetaScience Research

UK-Swindon: Research and development services and related consultancy services.


Preliminary Questions
   This notice is for prior information only: Yes
   This notice aims at reducing time-limits for receipt of tenders: No
   This notice is a call for competition: No
         
Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1) Name and addresses:
       UK Research & Innovation
       Economic and Social Research Council, Polaris House, Swindon, SN2 1FL, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 1793413114, Email: NERCprocurement@ukri.org
       Main Address: https://www.ukri.org
       NUTS Code: UKK14
      Specifications and additional documents: As Above
I.2) Joint procurement:
   The contract involves joint procurement: No.
   The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: No .

I.3) Communication          
   Further information can be obtained from: the above mentioned address

I.4) Type of the contracting authority    
   Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity:    
   Other activity: Research & Innovation

Section II: Object
      
II.1) Scope of the procurement - 1
   II.1.1) Title: UKRI- 3994 Delivery Partner for MetaScience Research    
          Reference number: UKRI-3994
   II.1.2) Common Procurement Vocabulary:       
      73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services.
   II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES
   II.1.4) Short description:    
      The Department of Science and Technology, UK and UK Research and Innovation are looking for a delivery partner to support its work on improving the R&I landscape in the UK. You are receiving this email because you have the expertise, network(s) and experience we believe will help us reach our project objectives in metascience research. As potential partners, we would like to meet you for a Q&A session where you can ask questions about the project, its context and objectives. You can also submit questions before and after the session.          
   II.1.5) Estimated total value:       
      Value excluding VAT (give figures only) : 3,500,000 - GBP
   II.1.6) Information about lots:
      This contract is divided into lots: No          
      Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: Not Provided       
      The contracting authority reserves the right to award contracts combining the following lots or groups of lots: Not Provided

II.2) Lot Description    
   II.2.3) Place of performance:       
      Region Codes:               
         UK - UNITED KINGDOM    
   II.2.4) Description of the procurement:       
      The Department of Science and Technology, UK and UK Research and Innovation are looking for a delivery partner to support its work on improving the R&I landscape in the UK. Dedicated competitive grants programme Help establish the UK as a global leader in applied metascience research, including by supporting UK-led international collaborations that further build national capability Accelerate the generation of evidence available to policymakers and funders Internal experimentation function Provide standing capacity to test and robustly evaluate new innovations or changes to our funding processes so we can identify practices that improve the efficiency and effectiveness of R&D delivery 3.   Cross-Government R&D delivery community of practice Convene a cross-government community of practice for R&D budget holders in central government and the wider public sector so that emerging evidence can inform policy and practice. This Prior Information Notice invites you to a Supplier engagement session to learn more about this exciting opportunity and provide insight from a supplier perspective, its context and objectives. To be held in the week commencing 20th May 2024. Please email to register your interest in attending. Upon receipt of your request we will send you a unique code for your organisation a confirmed date and time for the session a Zoom link to attend Thank you again and we look forward to meeting you at the event.    
   II.2.14) Additional information          
      . Please email NERCprocurement@ukri.org to register your interest in attending.    


II.3) Estimated Date of publication
         17/07/2024
      
      
Section IV: Procedure   

IV.1) Description       
   IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA )
         The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) - YES

Section VI: Complementary Information    
VI.3) Additional Information:       
   To view this notice, please click here:
https://ukri.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=861606861
GO-2024513-PRO-26024567 TKR-2024513-PRO-26024566        

VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 13/05/2024